Love Poem: Tatters
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Written by: Ann Peck

Tatters

I once was funny, made most people smile.
Children loved me because they didn't know:
I kept them laughing, yet all of the while,
my heart was aching without loving glow.
A sad-looking smile was best I could show.
My true love left close to our wedding day--
enormous shock and I felt my heart frey.
If life's in tatters, I'll make my smile strong
for children need a clown along the way.
I'll be their sunshine and they'll be my song!

January 2, 2023
for Tatters poetry contest
by Mystic Rose Rose
Dizain