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