Untitled, Erica Schlaefer

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by Erica Schlaefer

I witnessed that a smile can cure all that is hurtful and unbearable.

I have endured long enough to learn that unrelenting joy can come from the ashes of dread.

I have whispered somewhere to someone my gratitude for aligning my heart with my soul once again.

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about the poet.
Erica and her husband struggled for years to conceive. The are now adoptive parents and co-founders of the non-profit Parenthood for Me.

Untitled, Erica Schlaefer

Untitled
By Erica Schlaefer

Blended words and blended beats
My heart’s concave it needs release
Empty cells nestled near
Absence stirs the mood of fear
The body yearns to seal its fate
And awaits its chance to create
Somewhere lost I might not gain
I’ll nuzzle through despair and pain

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about the poet.
Erica is the President/Founder of Parenthood for Me. She blogs at Parenthood for Me.