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Broken Wings

December 11, 2009
By ElizabethW. DIAMOND, Oconto, Wisconsin
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Light spins off tears a million times
Reflecting on dull feathers
And bones shattered like glass.

Trembling hands grasp at final hopes
Wipe clean the ashen, tear-streaked cheeks
And shove away the ground.

Now standing there, defying pain,
Spreads her wings to rise again-
Angels fly higher on broken wings.

© Martha V., Morton Grove, IL

The author's comments:
Sometimes an experience filled with pain can help us to do things we never would have been able to otherwise.
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