Candy-Coated Solitude

This Poems Story

This poem was written for a class assignment twenty-eight years ago; I was eighteen. I still have the sheet of paper it was first penned on, now yellowed and frayed. I've kept it as a reminder of the first time I felt my voice come through on a page. It was inspired by my sister's struggle and how I could relate. This is my first submission to be published, because the message unlike the page will never age.