If someone wrote a poem about me,<\/p>\n
what would the lines say?<\/p>\n
Here is a woman who happens along<\/p>\n
every evening. Would they see<\/p>\n
the children on my hands,<\/p>\n
the dogs in the swing of my arms?<\/p>\n
The limp I carry as I drag one foot<\/p>\n
just a little bit? The men I have kissed<\/p>\n
The lives I turned away from,<\/p>\n
the battles I have fought<\/p>\n
and sometimes lost?<\/p>\n
The lines I’ve earned upon my soul?<\/p>\n
The song that hums in my head?<\/p>\n
Or would they like me,<\/p>\n
just raise a hand in passing<\/p>\n
smiling. Not thinking, about yet another<\/p>\n
woman who puts one foot in front of the other<\/p>\n
and carries on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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