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Kara's avatar

Emma, your words are always special. But as someone with chronic pain this hit me HARD!! Lovely piece.

Emma Steel's avatar

And am both grateful it touched you and also disheartened you live with the pain.

I have many friend who are coping with chronic pain, so I can completely understand, Though everyone’s circumstance is different.

I’m always around for you ✨🫶

Kara's avatar

Thanks Emma, one of the best things for chronic pain is (in my non-medical opinion) simply surrounding yourself with people who believe you even if they can’t relate.

Unrelated, I LOVE the Gothic August prompts 💕✨

Kara's avatar

I need some light horror, look forward to it!

Emma Steel's avatar

I’m editing another collection to drop early next year. If you have a ebook previewer and you want to beta read it, I’ll send it to you in a few weeks or so.

Kara's avatar

Would love to, let me know.

Emma Steel's avatar

My last girlfriend had chronic pain. There were bad days and not-so-bad days, but it wasn’t easy to see her live with it. It just meant being there and listening.

On the Gothic August prompts, all the prompt poems have been written and scheduled, so there is one a day until I think the 18th or 19th.

I just loaded up an ebook today of light horror stories that drops, I think, on Sept 3rd - so I’m excited about that. I’m sure I’ll post about it this weekend.

A Gentle Quill | CoraLynn 🌿's avatar

I felt every word of this, Emma. You are such an amazing word weaver!✍️✨️ "My skin weeps, just so that I know I am alive" that line will linger for days! Beautifully expressed! 💚🖤

Emma Steel's avatar

Thank you, CoraLynn.

I read a piece of yours that you made me write bit against - loved it!

pen n. bolsillo's avatar

"My skin weeps, just so that I know I am alive” what a line!

may rows upon rows upon hills upon hills of healing vines grow upon your inner vineyard.

Emma Steel's avatar

Thanks pen. I wrote that at 38,000 ft!

That was a really productive flight. If I ever make it as a poet, I could see me taking flights just to write.

pen n. bolsillo's avatar

imagine? going to “work” by jumping on any plane going any where just to write just to land and come back to do it all over again. poetry goals.

Emma Steel's avatar

It is isn’t it - or I could just put the radio on I suppose. Same result.

pen n. bolsillo's avatar

lol. 🎶