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Illumination

An Acrostic Alexandrine

By Patrick M. OhanaPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
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I found out at twenty-three that we were alone

Living our short lives without any chaperone

Learning, if so inclined, that the world is unkind

Understanding through science that the Sun is blind

Meeting friends, better than most family members

Increasing my knowledge as my mind remembers

Nasty people and beautiful women caring

Always about their feelings, sometimes repairing

Truncated relationships in need, of neglect

Illuminated by facts inspired from affect

Overwhelmed by action-reaction instructed

Never invented to please my fear abducted

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Dedicated to Penelope Israel.

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Patrick M. Ohana

A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.

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