Tomes I’ve read, the life I’ve seen,
Words I’ve heard and where I’ve been,
People of my hopes and dreams
Blend to form my poetry.
Pain I’ve known and joys homegrown,
Inspirations, sins atoned,
Limitations, anima
Fill my writing, who I am.
first published in SOUL SEARCH Chapbook
also published in Streams of Living Water Anthology
©2008 Bonnie Manion