Everything

Feel like I'm cut into quarters
Each trying to stand up on cue

My family is taking each piece
Devouring and displaying on view

They leave me exhausted
As their roars are thrown at dawn

They know not what they give to me
Their sadness, their pain, their scorn

My heart is crippled 
No word is comfort or a way to see

Everything and nothing at all
That's how you will remember me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Tor Avatar
September 23, 2022 at 8:37 PM
I feel your pain in dealing with Jo. Hope all is better now with your family...
Kendrick Avatar
September 14, 2022 at 2:52 PM
Good work. I like the rhythm, flow and rhyme in this one. Way to go. Sara
Hayton Avatar
September 14, 2022 at 3:09 PM
Thanks Sara, literally came from having to try and navigate my family through tough times and just trying to say I can't be everywhere at once xxx
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