Breaking Point

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Breaking Point
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written:  June/1990


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The hurt  
that
I thought was gone,
lie in waiting 
deep down 
in my
soul -

The dam is gonna go -

Do I give way like the dam?
or
Do I hold on
to
the hurt
and
pain?

Either 
way,

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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