POEM STARTER
Submitted by Margaret Sok
Cleansing
Write a poem inspired by this theme.
Unhealed
How am I supposed to heal from wounds
No one even tried to bandage?
They aren’t clean…
They’re gaping holes,
Like gunshots,
And if I leave them untended,
They’ll rot.
I need more than time.
I need cleansing —
From the inside out.
Bandages. Care.
But what if I can’t do it alone?
Sure, hands reach out around me.
People try.
But something in me says…
It has to be you.
You’re the one who made this mess.
So you should be the one to clean it up…
Right?
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