Jeanette S Powers

Don't Lose Your Head Jeanette S Powers

I was standing

(You were there)

Then I fell down



there was no reason

to have fallen



except there was

a snap





I broke my leg

I was standing

then I fell



no one could fathom

how taking one step

could shatter me into pieces



(don't lose your head

it is ok if you die)





the doctor said I would break

bones the rest of my life



17 so far



I might never forgive

a broken promise



(my mother said:

"You never did know

when to shut your mouth")



Like father

like daughter



my aunt told me

he killed himself

to spite me



My Father was both

David and Goliath