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What is Left to Lose?

Two poems by Stacy Petty

Life is not as it seems
​

I only escaped death once I agreed 
life is not as it seems
When my world was full of trouble and turmoil
To the coffin I was glued
Living, laughing all around me
What was I to do
I cried and struggled to break free
Screamed and shouted out to others
No one dare climb in after me
Gathered round for the eulogy
I felt a spirit inside of me
pulling, tugging, changing my wit
Instead of fighting I gave into it
Listen close: it spoke to my heart
Life is different and there are many parts
They’re here for you if you stand and choose
Dear mortal, what have you left to lose?
The Deed

​I wandered miles for you
Stood time’s test
Slayed demons in dance
For you
I stole the grim reaper’s name
I sailed so many seas defeated
Davy Jones and his Kraken
I battled the devil for you
And closed down hell
I started a movement in the spirit of others
For you I’ve dried the tears of the afflicted
I have filled in the deepest of valleys
For you I have leveled
The greatest of hills
I have met with the angels
Been blessed by the sacred
For you
I have loved myself beyond all reason
I have kept myself for you

Stacy Petty is 33 years old and says: I'm a survivor . . . A survivor of suicide, abuse, and addiction. I am currently 8 months clean. When I was a child I learned to cope by writing. Writing is a deep passion that sets my very soul on fire. I'm hoping to do the same for someone else with my writings and give a message that hope is alive even when we feel it may be dead.
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  • Folio No.8 Fall 2022 Love Letters
  • About
    • PCC Inscape Instagram
  • SUBMISSIONS
  • ISSUE ARCHIVE
    • PRINT Chapbook No.6 Healing Arts
    • Online Issue No.9
    • Online Issue No.1 Fall 2016
    • Online Issue No.2 Spring 2017
    • ONLINE Issue No.3 Fall 2017
    • PRINT Vol 72 No 2 Fall 2017
    • PRINT Vol 73 No.1 Fall 2018
    • ONLINE Issue No. 4 Fall 2018
    • Online Issue No.5 Summer 2018
    • FOLIO No.1 Fall 2018 VOTE
    • ONLINE Issue No.6 Fall 2018 Fall Spirituality
    • FOLIO 2 Fall 2019 Celebrating Dia De Los Muertos
    • ONLINE Issue No.7 Spring 2019 >
      • Issue Intro
    • FOLIO No.3 -- Moon Moon Spring 2019
    • FOLIO No.4 Celebrating New PCC Writers
    • FOLIO No.5 City of Redemption
    • FOLIO No.6 Spring 2020
    • FOLIO No. 7 - Winter 2021 Into the Forest
  • Feral Parrot : The Blog
  • 2022 Handley Awards
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