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Blue Crayon
- Narrated by: Jessica Lynn Gober
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Poetry
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Blue Crayon is a collection of poetry and prose about mental health and endurance. Rowen Ingrid Parker explores the themes of love and survival in this moving and powerful collection of poems.
I told her that when I feel like self-harming instead of scratching
myself with my nails or paperclips
I like to run a blue crayon across my skin
she smiled a small smile
because she thought that I had found a way to stop
but when I told her that my scars
were the crayon’s doing
she lowered her head
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- Kari
- 14-04-19
INTERESTING
It would have been better if she did not read it so fast. There was no breaks, (commas, periods). I enjoyed the story (reminds me of my childhood) .. unfortunately.
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