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Kill Me Now

by Kellee Kranendonk


Image is of a broken doll lying in the dirt.
Image credit: Viktor Forgacs™️ on Unsplash

Sticks and stones don’t hurt my bones

But words and actions shred my heart

Stab a blade and pierce my skin

Carve initials in my flesh

Pins and needles, whatever’s sharp

Make my blood run free

That piercing pain is easier

Than mending broken hearts and souls


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Black and white photo of the author, Kellee Kranendonk.
Kellee Kranendonk


Having spent a lifetime writing, editing and/or doing other writing related things, Kellee made her first sale over twenty years ago. Now she has numerous pieces published or to be published. She considers everything a poem or story waiting to be written.

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