CayCay Godwin Poet Free verse

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CRAFTING ANNE

                                          In the wake, in the rubble,
                                       I search for who I am.

                                 After pain’s trouble, 
                            how well can I stand?

                      I’ve long sat in debris
                  with no clue for company.

               Please, hope, talk to me
            so faith might walk with me.

         I need out of my head,
      away from all not said.

      Tired of my feelings,
    I search for their ceiling,
  but I only bleed ~
nothing ceases my bleed.

In the wake, in the rubble,  
 I search for a new face.
    After so much waste
      how should I craft her ???
                         
      There’s need to shape
          my chipped remains 
              into designs aligned
                  to best serve my
                       remaining lifetime.
 
                                    Shall I mold pain into wisdom,
                                       focus my eyes truth aware 
                                                          or
                                    keep this scorched heart form 
                                       with eyes colored forlorn?

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Andrea Dietrich December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM Reading this again, and so happy it was a rewarding poem for you and guided by spirit. a quick soupie for you

Sam Kauffman December 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM CayCay, belated congratulations on your POTD. Your use of a demolished building as a metaphor for a broken soul and questions of how to rebuild is rich in stark images. Have to ask, is Anne your first name? The name Anne means gracious. I love the eighth stanza. Sending you blessings!

Kim Rodrigues December 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM A very hard place to be! Belated congrats on POTD!

Valsa George December 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM Dear Cay Cay, from the rubbles, we can pick up the rocks and bricks and all other raw materials needed to set up a beautiful building. Then you will one day marvel over your own creation . If you had thought, everything was lost with the tremor, you wouldn't have grown this much. So keep molding pain into wisdom. Great poem. Belated Congratulations on your POTD.

Jenish Somadas December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM deeply introspective and emotionally resonant.. Congrats CayCay..

Brenda Chiri December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM It is within all that rubble we can take what can make us be better then those who sit without seeing the beauty one can make with what we are presented with! Loven your work CayCay! Sorry if within my rubble I tend to ramble:) haha again my apologies if that is how I sound:) lol! And I see congrats in order so congrats! Maybe one day I will see one haha!

Brandy Nicole December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM Dearsest, CayCay, you have taken the emotions and moments of her heart and placed them upon the page with elegance and grace. Depth and meaning echo within. I think it's best to have eyes focused on the truth and mold pain into wisdom. Congratulations my sweet friend, on Poem of the Day. Hugs, Brandy

Karen Jones December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM Back to say congratulations on your win in the contest CayCay!

Paige Hind December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM This is very raw, CayCay. I see it got POTD!! Congrats!! Beautiful work.

Abdullah Alhemaidy December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM Hello CayCay, best hope and regards! Congratulations on POTD win :-)

Gershon Wolf December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM "Face it," CayCay. You really earned POTD. Congratulations, or as they say in Latin, "Mazeltov" ~ Caesar S Weinstein (the 'S' is for 'Salad')

Zyrool Gifford December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM Hello CayCay, congratulations on your beautifully written and heartfelt poem winning POTD. Loved your writing style so creative. Sending blessings your way my friend.

John Lawless December 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM option one is the better choice...use the pain to whittle away the angst of a lingering past and refocus those eyes. Nicely done CayCay.

I Am Anaya December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM A hopeful reconstruction of renewal & resilience, much needed in all of us. Piece by piece her eyes tearing anew. You’re a beautiful soul with a beautiful mind, I’m sure Anne will come out just fine. Cleverly constructed. xXHugs Congratulations on your POTD CayCay! Enjoy your day

Andrea Dietrich December 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM Oh and the patterning is brilliant. BTW. Why Anne?

Andrea Dietrich December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM Wow Caycay. This is great work and a very worthy win. Me . I will stick with clerihews I guess!! I see you even got a POTD. Way to go!!

Paula Goldsmith December 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM Congratulations on your POTD win. I love your write. Have a blessed day with your win................

Hilda Greenhough December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM Congratulations on POTD. Your poem is a beautiful creation that shows great emotion.

Anne Winter December 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM Congratulations on POTD and thank you so much for writing this poem with such depth!

sara Etgen-Baker December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM I appreciate the depth of the emotions in your poem, CayCay. The questions in the last four lines say it all. Congrats on your well deserved POTD

Daniel Henry Rodgers December 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM Dear CayCay, Congrats on POTD! There’s something in the way you lay out the mess and the rebuilding that feels uncomfortably familiar. I don’t have answers, but I felt every bit of the wrestling you put on the page. I think you gave shape to a process most of us pretend we’re not still stumbling through. An excellent POTD! Autumn Blessings, Dear CayCay, Daniel

Mike Gentile December 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM Such deep emotion is conveyed by your heartfelt write CayCay! Congratulations on your POTD honors! Enjoy your day xxoo

Tania Kitchin December 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM CayCay, a powerful and creative poem. Congratulations on POTD.

Beryl Edmonds December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM Very well crafted poetry CayCay, congratulations on having received the honour of poem of the day… Beryl

Karen Jones December 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM You indeed turned pain into power in this poem. The raw emotion and angst is giving way to a deep sense of hope in my eyes. Wonderful potd congratulations CayCay!

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