The world turned
its back,
and she stood alone.

She turned
and looked in the mirror
and became her own friend.

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Joey in the pouch
and a baby at the breast

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It crinkled, crackled and crashed
the opaque dome of the snow globe,
the bride exposed in her white gown
soon the white turned brown
and the colour wore off the groom.

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to myself,
for not heeding the signs of distress early, for not hearing the cry for help that my mind and body sent.

I took years to listen to my inner self and it is taking years to repair and rescue myself. It is a process now.

So I apologise to myself for not being kind to myself first.

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is we finally understand
what we had
and what we lost.

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Feminist asking women when they bring down other women...

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When women have been on the road for a long time without a spot for loo break and then come home and relieve themselves...

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When my partner befriends all the cats in the neighbourhood and brings them home too.
His statement at the door:

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When you release your fart stealthily in public,
what you hope…

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RANDOM MOMENTS OF STRANGERS SHARING WARMTH

Today,
on a train ride,
I met
a person, just a person.

Today
as the person alighted
before I did,
She was an individual to me.

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