A Few Words: Okay, this is the first of four poems I wrote in the course of one week (the other three being the ones that come after this one). They were all written when I tried an exercise in a writing book called Room to Write by Bonni Goldberg (excellent book) where you take one of the words that she lists and, with that as the first word, write without lifting your pencil or pen until you've filled a page. I'm not quite sure where, exactly, any of these poems came from, and I have a feeling that I'm really not a poet is reflected in them, especially since they were all written in one or two minutes each. Just thought I'd mention that. :-)

Bear

Bear in mind
that I am hurting
Bear in mind
that you don't love me
Bear in mind that
life
is only what you want it
to be
Bear in mind
that I don't care
Bear in mind
that you ignore
my stare
Bear in mind
that I don't know
But bear in mind
that I'm going on
anyway

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