Today's prompt was to write a poem about gifts I received at birth as well as a curse I've lived with (as inspired by the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty). I decided to write a tanka poem, and chose just one gift and one curse.
A Blessing and a Curse
By Candace Shultz
A baby born, blessed
with her Mama's love, but cursed
to lose her father
at a young age, not through death
but through lack of him caring.
Short and both sweet and like a punch to the gut.
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