Bitterness at Life
By
John I. Blair
Bitterness at life
Taints everything
You touch:
The sweetest food
Tastes acrid;
Rain that drops
A blessing
On your head
Chills instead;
A warm embrace
Feels like
Painful prison;
And existence
Has no grace.
©2016 John I. Blair
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