I've lived in Las Vegas for fifteen years. I'm a nearly divorced mother of five. I've been a stay home mom for 12 years. I'm in the process of preparing to return to nursing, the career I held before having kids. I suddenly started writing poetry and I'm currently working on a novel
It's Aunt Nora's birthday
She's partial to Belgian chocolates
I go with mama
To the candy shop
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I’ve watched my love for you
Under construction in my heart
Like a pair of wrens
Building their nest
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'I love you, ' I say
'Thanks for your courage, ' you respond
Courage? To tell you something about myself?
That's wasn't courage
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I never knew
Anyone else could know me
Anyone else would recognize me
Or love me
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