Acceptance

Touch: The Journal of Healing

Acceptance

by Alarie Tennille

She had her share of trouble.

Never asked, “Why me?”

Knew there was a door

to the other side, so she fumbled

in the dark for the knob,

hoping this wouldn’t be the time

the door was locked.

Alarie Tennille serves on the Board of Directors of The Writers Place in Kansas City, Missouri. Author of the chapbook, Spiraling into Control, Alarie’s poems have appeared in numerous journals including Margie, Poetry East, ByLine Magazine, The Little Balkans Review, Coal City Review, and The Mid-America Poetry Review.