Bill Grace - On Recalling a Poem

Poetry can wound and alienate
Its' truth does not always heal
Just as I would not be disorderly in public
So I would not use poetry poorly
When its shirt tail of emotions hang out too far
It is best to tuck them in
Acknowledge the failure
And press forward
Against the storm.

Bill Grace

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