Listen to Your Pain

 

Study your pain

as if you were

an archaeologist on a dig

who stumbled across

a mysterious stone

inscribed with

markings and writings

in an ancient language

and somehow you knew

that if only you could decipher

the meaning of these markings

you would know

the secret to everything

you ever wanted

and needed

“These poems are vulnerable and confident, playful and achingly tender…I am always lighter after reading her poetry.”

— Maureen Buchanan Jones, Executive Director of Amherst Writers & Artists