Retail Therapy
A Poem
It’s not prescribed. It doesn’t really work.
Yes, we know. I know. But, it distracts with
possibility, it shines with shallow hope
if I had this thing, or that thing, it might help
make me feel better
like plaster over a hole in a wall,
a pretty new in season dress, that new matching lipstick,
those shoes those shoes those shoes - a quick fix built to crumble,
at the slightest bump we know, I know, you know,
but hey, at least we look pretty when we fall, until
we learn to patch and fill and fix and heal —
to get straight to the not so simple and glamorous source of the pain that is real.
Jenny Justice is a poet mom who longs to bring poetry to life in ways that spark empathy, connection, joy, and feeling. She loves writing love poems, climate change awareness poems, poems for kids, and of course, poems about poetry and poets. You can follow her on Medium and at Jenny Justice, Writer. You can support her on Patreon. You can follow her poetry at Justice Poetic.