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I am a 54 year old married mother of 2 daughters. Poetry is my way of expressing myself and it helps me cope with anxiety and depression.

  July 2023     5 days ago

Submitted Poems 43 total

Your Life Matters

Life isn’t always what you expect it to be, it’s what you do with it that holds the key.
All this world can do is simply request, and all you can do is your very best.
This world should never ask of you more than you can give, if it does ask for...

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Is halfway forever?

You’re gonna be ok, you’re gonna live for many more years I’m told, but I just can’t see myself growing old.
I close my eyes and try hard to imagine it, but I just can’t see it not one little bit.
When I was a child I always saw myself growing...

– by Tonya Richardson

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What OCD means to me

I haven’t figured you out just yet, Whether you are harmless or a threat.
You always have to be in control and it has definitely taken its toll.
I have no choice but to do it and the same way each time, to do it differently just feels like a...

– by Tonya Richardson

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The Battle Rages On

I’m frustrated and angry! I thought…I’d hoped you were gone for good, I was finally feeling happiness, contentment and adventurous like I should. Then…there you were! Dragging me back down and stealing my joy, that’s what you do, you seek to...

– by Tonya Richardson

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Scars

Scars

As I look at my arm I can see a map that tells a story; a story of pain and self loathing, it brings feelings of shame so I do my best to keep it hidden under my clothing. I see the scars as a sign of insecurity and weakness, with a...

– by Tonya Richardson

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