gnawing - such a powerful word choice! - Jenine Bsharah Baines

…grity.
 I reclaim my God-given name,
 I am Theodore, a gift of God.
 
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 I am less than a m…grity.
 I reclaim my God-given name,
 I am Theodore, a gift of God.
 
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 I am less than a man, gnawing
 my soul free from the presence of God
 as if a savior was a hunter’s steel trap.
 I harden my heart, unworthy of love.
 I am lonely, bent…
The Gratitude of a Recovering Addict
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Jenine Bsharah Baines
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gnawing - such a powerful word choice!
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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