I Can Endure
written by: Sue Marie St. Lee
It remembers me from when;
When the brutality of childhood
Taught me my flaws,
“You’re stupid, ugly,
Insignificant,
Unaccomplished.
“You will marry a factory worker
and remain unaccomplished.”
I married a factory worker,
I birthed and raised sons,
Four Heroes to father
Future generations.
All these years later,
Last night,
When the darkness spoke into my brain,
I stopped my Spirit from breathing in its words.
I quieted my heart,
In the shelter and silence of my God,
I can endure.
Sue Marie St. Lee is a retired Finance Manager realizing her life-long dream of writing professionally. She has been featured in international horror anthologies, Spillwords Press and the Paper Djinn. In the year of the plague, 2020, she is transitioning from the horror genre to Fantasy, Inspirational fiction, and Faith-based fiction while continuing to work on writing the memoir of her late son.
Latest posts by Sue Marie St. Lee (see all)
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