Life Lesson Poem

Healing Old Wounds Of The Heart

I was walking along the sidewalk late one afternoon, and I noticed a long shadow stretching across the sidewalk that was cast from a very small pebble. I started to think of the pebble as an old hurt in the heart and how something relatively small can loom large. I decided to write a poem in a meter that feels unbalanced. I chose anapestic trimeter, a meter with three beats: duh-duh-DUH, and three feet per line.

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Old Wounds

Published by Family Friend Poems June 19, 2024 with permission of the Author.

Do you feel in your heart an old wound?
That just festers and causes you pain?
Like a stone, it feels heavy and huge

Think instead of the shadows that bloom
Out of shape by the sun as it sets
So that even a pebble will loom

Set it down, swing your foot, watch it fly
It just takes one big breath, then one kick
And accept rays of light left behind

ABOUT THE POET:

I am a recently retired middle school teacher, living in beautiful southern Arizona. After over 30 years of teaching, it's now fun to grow and develop new hobbies, such as writing poetry. I also enjoy long walks, bird watching and rooting for my favorite football team.

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