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Poem: Numb • Mandie Hines Author

Poem: Numb

Thank you for stopping by. This poem can now be found in my poetry collection “Origami Stars and Hot Air Moon” published by Winter Goose Publishing.

 


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6 Responses

  1. Diana Tyler (Eccentric Muse) says:

    Good one, Mandie! I especially love the 2nd stanza.

    • Mandie Hines says:

      Thank you, Diana. It’s funny, I wrote the poem and I had to go back and read what the second stanza so I could reply to your comment. As I read it, I realized that I find those two emotions, grief and happiness, are on the opposite sides of the spectrum. Happiness is where I would love to always find myself, and grief is the side that I wish I never had to visit. I wonder how other people would describe their spectrum and what emotion they would place on each side.

  2. I think numbness can be more devastating than pain… I think that I have heard that from people cutting themselves, that the pain is preferable to the void of nothingness…

  3. whimsygizmo says:

    I can relate to this, and fully agree. Numb is the WORST.

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