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Emily Alysse Poem
1) Smile, don’t be hostile
2) Hold his hand tighter. Let him know you’re different: a lover not a fighter.
3) Give the person who is struggling money, make their day a little sunny.
4)Talk with the eldery lady who has no one, let her know you’ll be her someone.
5)Offer a listening ear, show everyone you hold their words dear.
12/30/21
"FIVE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS"
L Milton Hankins
Copyright © Emily Alysse | Year Posted 2021
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Emily Alysse Poem
I asked you to lay yourself bare.
Tell me your truths and I’ll make them mine.
I just wanted to understand how you felt inside:
Your mother is content with her life,
Her smile carefree and bright.
Your brother is innocent,
Not a thought in his young mind.
The man of your mother’s second marriage,
Was the perfect husband and replacement father.
You had it all.
The picture perfect family.
Although, only on paper.
As a child your home is supposed to be your safe haven.
Where you’re told that you can be anything you want.
Protected, inside thick walls of encouragement and warmth.
When the man of your mother’s second marriage came into your room
One late night,
He took away your home.
Now not the actual brick and mortar.
But your safety.
I couldn’t understand how this man could take everything from you.
Everything, from a child.
What was it that made him like you so much?
Your uneven smile?
Your wobbly voice?
Your still growing body?
Regardless, just like that,
He placed safety on the top of Mount Everest.
Sleep at night, what you thought was your escape from reality,
Was really no escape at all.
As you closed your eyes you thought it would make everything go away
But the pain never strayed
“Affection became appalling” you tell me in your eyes.
You say “it’s your fault and not mine”
But it’s not your fault, it is his.
He’s gone I tell you, locked away,
But that won’t make your pain go away.
If he is the one in captivity,
Why are you still confined?
Copyright © Emily Alysse | Year Posted 2021
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