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Penny for your Pain
by Jerelyn Craden → (All Poetry by Jerelyn Craden)
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Dark night of the soul.

 

Her life was like an open sore

A concrete box without a door

No sooner would she wake up, than she began to snore

It wasn’t that she missed him

He was never really there

Abagail sailed the heights of absolute despair

 

Day was night and night was night

No sun could soothe her soul

Her rose-colored glasses were now as black as coal

If only she remembered what her guru said

Take three deep breaths, click your heels, then empty out your head

 

Empty empty empty

Morning noon and night

You’d think with strong intention, she’d finally get it right

But Abagail was stubborn and saved the deepest pain

She kept it in a treasure box to feel it all again

She kept it in a treasure box to feel the pain again

She kept it in a treasure box which made her go insane

   

        


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 Reviews of "Penny for your Pain"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on June 28, 2021
Powerfully engaging, Jerelyn. Well done! Love, peace, and best wishes to you,

Regis. 🌺🌼🌳🍁

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 13, 2013
A highly creative rendering of a common human ailment.

Ron

Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on May 13, 2013
Wow! Nicely done, Jerelyn...

Anna

Reviewed by Linda Hill
Reviewed on May 12, 2013
Jerelyn,

I can feel her pain in this write. You have a talented pen.

Many blessings,
+Linda

Reviewed by Amor Sabor
Reviewed on May 12, 2013
This is excellent work Jerelyn...precisely what the doctor ordered

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on May 12, 2013
too sad it had to be
budd


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