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Jan 2014
Wear shows along each seam.

Stitches obtained through toil

and sewn with needles of obligation

well-intended for those in need.

How could her nimble fingers

stay still and silent

in the face of their distress? 

Toll-taking efforts
cast with love

nonetheless burden her shoulders

and incite pain from long hours

spent to ease the lives

of those she loves. 

Woven too is her hard-earned

impermeable shield-
her hard-learned revelation
that she can dwell free

within her mantle.
William A Poppen
Written by
William A Poppen  88/M/Tennessee
(88/M/Tennessee)   
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   topaz oreilly, RA, Sjr1000, martin and K Mae
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