Jessica C. Wheeler Poet Other

I am fine

I am fine.

Dismiss the rumors that proclaim

I am falling apart.

Please know,

unfounded, are these assertions.

I shout my echoed joy;

To demonstrate that I am,

well.

I am not

pleading for help.

Hear me now,

regard it as untrue.

This glowing smile I wear–

the reality.

It is not

but a mere facade.

I tell you–

I am fine.

(now read bottom-up)

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Hilda Greenhough August 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM You are a genius. I read it both ways. People say they are well when crying for help. I love your poetry.

John Gondolf August 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM Very nicely done Jessica. Poems like the are not easy to do, but you have done it with such ease. I’ve enjoyed reading your work this morning. John Jessica C. Wheeler August 22, 2024 at 9:07 PM John, thank you so much. This was my first attempt at this form- and it was a challenge, for sure! Your kind words mean a great deal to me. Xo

Gary Radice August 9, 2024 at 8:19 AM Very clever Jessica, that must have taken a lot of effort to perfect the form. I just hope you are the person described when reading the poem top to bottom and not vice versa. Cheers - Gary Jessica C. Wheeler August 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM Gary, I appreciate that so much. It was my first attempt at this form- a challenge, for sure! Xo