Contributor: Jane Briganti

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Words of sadness
depressing and dark
Are they mine
Did I write them
Why, when, how-
Where did they come from
Without hesitation,
Without fear
Words appeared on a page

Did I mean them
Are they accurate
Did they reflect
what I felt I knew
Words on the page
come from the heart,
come from the soul
Words unspoken
which should have
been said

Words on a page
tell a closeted tale
I read them
again
and again
I ponder
I pause
I cry


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A Native New Yorker, she's been writing poetry for as long as she can remember. Her writing expresses her deepest emotions.