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I'm a new mom to a baby boy, a mom to 3 furbabies (2 cats, 1 dog), a wife, and a professional photographer!

  March 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

the woman behind the smile

knows the woman behind the smile
but everybody knows of her

she seems to be a myth
always present
always willing
always content

but is she truly?

the woman behind the smile
is hard to spot

she is a deceiver
but to all who...

by Auburn Meister Barnes

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inadequate

inadequate: the first word to come to mind
when i say my name

insufficient
unsatisfactory

i am not enough

i do not do enough

it is never enough

incompetent

nobody sees the effort
nobody sees the pain
nobody sees…

...

by Auburn Meister Barnes

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told

you’re told to be strong
but willing

self-sufficient
but needy

be confident
but modest and humble

you must be calm
but strict

and caring
but stern

don’t listen to others;
but if you don’t
you’re wrong

you must be everything
...

by Auburn Meister Barnes

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i was you

was you
for 24 years

i was you
curious
naive
wondrous

i was you…

then you arrived
confused
soft
innocent

the instant you began to breathe
i became something new

no longer was i curious
naive
wondrous

i am now here for...

by Auburn Meister Barnes

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added 2 years ago
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