{"id":65852,"date":"2024-06-01T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=65852"},"modified":"2024-06-01T14:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T14:27:33","slug":"thoughts-of-a-lonely-woman-by-kristy-raines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/thoughts-of-a-lonely-woman-by-kristy-raines\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts of a Lonely Woman by Kristy Raines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img data-dominant-color=\"747265\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1600\/900;--dominant-color: #747265;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65853 not-transparent lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento.jpg\" alt=\"Thoughts of a Lonely Woman by Kristy Raines\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/hasta-el-70-de-descuento-1536x864.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thoughts of a Lonely Woman<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Kristy Raines<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Give me flowers while I&#8217;m living<br \/>\nwhile I can still enjoy their fragrance<br \/>\nLaying them across a wooden box<br \/>\nis a wasted gesture on a soon forgotten day&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tell me you love me while I can still hear you<br \/>\nThose words can make a bad day better<br \/>\nSaying I wish I would have told her<br \/>\ngives no joy or comfort to deaf ears&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hold my hand while I can feel you<br \/>\nMany years has it been since you have<br \/>\nNo one can thrive without human touch<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t even remember how it feels&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For many years, Like a spirit, he just looked right through her<br \/>\nas if he didn&#8217;t even see her in front of him<br \/>\nPerhaps she died inside long before she ever left this earth&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kristy Raines was born, April 9, 1957, in Oakland California, in the United States. She is an International Poet and Writer.\u00a0She is a former Civil Servant and later retired from the Medical field.<\/p>\n<p>Kristy has five books which she hopes will publish this year. One with a prominent Poet from India, and four of her own books. She has received many literary awards for her unique style of writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristy Raines was born, April 9, 1957, in Oakland California, in the United States. 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