Why did it hurt so much?
I think I have let you go;
The bruises have healed.
But, they still itch.
I’ve pawned your smile
And lost the slip.
You’ve pawned my pain
And I redeemed it.
‘Listen my child,’
my mum once told me,
‘you’re not alone in this world!
Don’t hold not onto the pain.’
©Kemka 2013