I am on a quest for happiness. Pain,

the contours of skin—you

remind me solace returns anew. 

The center, a locus of control unmade, fragile and fraught. I 

step into a wish, protection’s umbrella—

cleansing. Humanity’s sins, I struggle 

to be me again. 

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©Jeff Flesch

#1 Amazon bestselling poet –  Nature Speaks of Love and Sorrow.

Co-Author, #1 Amazon Bestseller, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

 Jan/Feb 2022 Author of the Month, Spillwords Press

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