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Standing Strong
Author:
Alessandra Lee PM
A poem about dealing with what life throws at you and becoming strong enough to take care of yourself.
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Poetry - Words: 55 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-30-08 - id: 2590054
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Standing Strong

Here I go
heart and soul
collapse
and then
pick up again.

This, I've done
forty-thousand times.
Fitting sharp shard back together,
becoming whole once more.

I can put
my own pieces
back in place.
I heal my own wounds.
Every tumble,
cut or splinter
is nothing
I can't handle.

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