Rated: E · Book · Personal · #2172808

We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.

#1109566 added March 3, 2026 at 8:27pm
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"My Tummy Hurts"
"How fun it is to swing!
Go higher and higher!

O, my tummy!
Don't come out my mouth!
So much fun!
So much pain!
"

"
My tummy hurts, Mommy,
The big balloon inside me,...
I think it might explode.
I don't want to be scared,
but I don't know what to do.
"

"
Thank you for the spoonful of milk.
It was chalky. I don't eat chalk.
Is it okay?
Maybe it is okay.
My tummy feels better.
"

"
Why did my tummy hurt?
Did I do something bad?
Is my body spanking me?
"

"
I want to play,
but my tummy doesn't want to.
"

"
Will I always hurt?
I'm scared.
I don't like to be sick.
I like to play.
Help me, Mommy!
"

"
Take a nap?
I can take a nap.
Will that make my tummy better?
Will you tuck me in?
That makes me feel safe.
"

"
Where are you, Harold?
Thank you, Mommy!
Harold is a good teddy bear.
My tummy feels a little better.
Thank you for the light in my bathr---
"

line count: 36
poetry form: Free Verse
prompt number: 1 (March 1st, 2026)

on church day
by Little Jay

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