Poetic Mind

 Her pen dances like a tempest,

writing about storms she cannot contain.

Each word is a silent scream,

her soul bleeding onto the page.


In ink, she plants her sorrows,

watching them bloom into understanding.

The weight she bears grows lighter

as she transforms pain into prose.

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