Am I Someone Who Hurts?
To measure pain by feet or ounces?
Who wields the knife?
A little girl in patchwork jeans,
Or an old giant?
Death by poison or by blade,
What did I lose?
An arm?
An esophagus?
I have everything and forgiveness,
Nothing was lost, yet
Why am I so diseased
That even with lungs I cannot breathe?
It's not just to be kind to the wasted,
A leech.
I cannot answer this question.
Am I someone who hurts?
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Submitted by DaisyMMontgomery on October 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 400 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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