He Showed Me How

He said write 50 poems

I said you got jokes

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He said write 50 poems

I said I don’t have the words

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He said write 50 poems

I said I’ve never done it

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He said write 50 poems

I said not in my wildest dreams

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He said think about your life

I said, what about my life

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He said use it as your inspiration

I said it has too much pain

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He said the pain is the classroom

I said the pain tells me I failed

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He said trust me to use the pain

I said OK but not in public

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He said my grace has carried you through

I said you almost broke me

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He said yet I kept you from falling

I said I want to be whole

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He said the poems will be your healing

I said I’d rather not expose me

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He said look around you beloved

Your pain isn’t the only story

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He opened my eyes

I saw others tears

I saw others hurt

I saw others helpless

I saw others weeping

I saw others groping in the dark

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He said write about what you see

I said give me the words

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He said I have touched you now write

I’m still writing I can’t stop

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