Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #14 | It Hurts

Decorative title page for "Poetry on the Margins of the First Draft" featuring a vintage paper background, raven, mauve flowers, handwritten poetry, and a vintage glass heart bottle illustration.

Part of my poetry collection, Margins of the First Draft—in some of the literature I read a lot as a teen, the theme of praying to a god or a mother was quite strong. I borrowed that idea; it wasn’t mine. The words are though.

(Authors Note)

It Hurts

Oh God, oh Mother, I pray to thee

Please

Help me

Poetry on the Margins #14 Aftermath

Why does it seem, in times like these,
that to love
is to die?

I still think
that the ability to love another is a gift,
and the ability to love once more
is even more of a gift.

And to love for a decade, or two —
is even a bigger gift.

Love transforms us.
It truly does.

For love doesn't just come in “one size fits all” —
and sometimes, it does
hurt a little.

Decorative closing page reading "Thank You for Reading" with a vintage paper background, flying raven, mauve flowers, handwritten poetry, and an animal skull illustration.

There's more of my work:

All of the six-sentence stories.

The Nervous Poet Entries for the SSC&B.

There is also a page for all of the poetry.

More personal entries can be found at the Blog.

The IT studies blog in Estonian for a course at the university.

the Band "Chaos in Spring" is on YouTube, Spotify and other streaming services.

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