Refresh The Soul
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Refresh The Soul

SATURDAY POETRY

The Hidden Blessing of the Unexpected

Unexpected emotions and unexpected Love, Mercy, and Hope

last week she couldn’t speak
the mother who told me
she wished I was never born
the mother who
called me stupid and fat and other adjectives
the same mother who
also wrote in my baby book that
my crowning glory
would be to become Miss Universe

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Nancy Blackman, MASF

8X Top Writer. Editor: CRY Magazine. Owner: Refresh the Soul and The Shortform. Published in “Mixed Korean: Our Stories.” https://www.325kamra.org/buy.