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Tenderness

serene eyes gaze out over the cold cruel world

attempting to make sense of it all

thriving in the darkness of the desolate corner

that she calls tenderness

 

aching to protect her children

she goes on ignored

showing unending mercy

in unspoken tenderness

 

an ice covered hand encapsulates her

choking her humanity

she suffers in silence knowing

that death is her final act of tenderness