Poems from JackieeJoy

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a young woman of color who is just trying to make it in life
if i had a cigarette for every time you broke my hearti’d be working my wayto chemotherapy you were poison to my soulto my lungsevery time...
I love youand I know you think I knownothingabout lovebut tell me why does the sun shine for us?why do the birds sing?why does the world...
I’ve walked many miles to what is now the end of my road. Looking back at all I conquered I am proud for the things that I’ve enduredLet...
Your words mean more to me than the simplealignment of letters and the sounds associatedThat’s why your lies tore so deepnot just of their...
So marked from lifeI see the journey written all over your faceI see the pain the hopethe lovethe loss I see the misadventuresthe...

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