To run for office
You must survive some hopeless
Misery, like us
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Chronic Ache in the Soul of a Single Parent
There is a chronic ache in the soul of a single parent. It lingers, feeling endless. This ache feels so difficult, especially when you look at other families. They seem so… whole. They seem so joyful and complete. There is a husband and a wife and children in a stroller. Thinking about your single state, you realize how awkward you feel, how out of place at various functions and gatherings. They are all happily together and you’re miserably alone. Disappointment with the current life circumstances just settles in to stay, or so it feels. How could these layers of disappointment be broken up anyhow?
By Rowan Finley 6 days ago in Humans
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More truth bombs via Japanese poetry forms! Well wrought, sir!
I wish they saw it this way too. Loved your Senryu!
Nice one, D.J.! (. . . or of course, just get huge donations and never relate to the misery, but I digress! lol)
Packed with an emphatic, profound meaning that resonates with your reader.