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Not Enough
by Janice M. McDonald (Age: 45)
copyright 03-11-2003


Age Rating: 16 to 127

 
I remember your faces,
Tipped down to avoid eye contact,
Expressions blank, except for shadows:
Fear, anxiety, self-loathing, helplessness.
Knowing you had been victim too many times,
I tried to be an island of hope
To balance the scales that had tipped out
Too much cruelty in your direction;
Smiling at you, defending you when necessary.
I treated you as kindly as I felt able--
But it was not enough.

One cool gust of wind doesn't stop
The soul from dying of social heat stroke;
One rare drop of water in a long day
Doesn't prevent dehydration when
Life is cruelly sucked from every cell.
You needed the one thing I would not give:
A caring relationship, genuine friendship,
Rehydration in the face of bullying heat,
Essential fluids to restore what was stolen from you.
I, however, would not risk identifying with you
Lest I sink my own tenuous social standing
And become, permanently, one of you.

I'm sorry I failed you, held back.
If only I could change those years of fire.
Instead we are all doomed now:
You, with memories of desert years, and
I, with everlasting guilt. Because,
In my core, I have always known that
What I did was not enough.




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03-31-2003 Esther Spurrill    

I've felt that way.
03-28-2003 Nancy Pawley    

Janice, this is like a slice of my life..I'm thankful that those uncaring years are long gone, and I'm past the guilt.
Nancy
03-12-2003 Kay Lee Kelly    

Welcome to PnP, your first offering is outstanding, nicely done.
Please return with more.
03-12-2003 Lyle Berry    

Welcome to PnP Janice...your poem is excellent and full of power...from your vocabulary, I 'd say you were in the medical profession...hydration...rehydration...terms unfamiliar to the novice...good guess? Any way, I enjoyed your work thoroughly.

Best Regards,
Lyle
03-11-2003 Janet Owenby    

Just had to read again and rate it. Just have to say again your work really impresses me.When do we get to buy the novel, surely there is one in the works with this talent.
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