A Thousand Thorns by Tamsen Grace

This is no Eden,
but a world of
a thousand thorns,
naked,
exposed,
they pierce my skin.
Original sin,
mine or theirs?
A theory of evolution,
to fight to survive,
to win at all costs,
the very reason…
paradise was lost.

Tamsen Grace is a published, poet, inspirational speaker, Martial Artist, A Ford Model of Courage and a Cancer Survivor.  She has been published in Creative Talents Unleashed, Poetic Melodies Anthology, Scarlet Leaf Review, Straylight Literary Magazine, Birdsong Publishing, Leaves of Ink, The Indiana Voice Journal, Puff Puff Prose, The Poetry Community and LTD Press. Tamsen Grace will be in the New Anthology Dandelions in a Vase of Roses. She lives in the Midwest with her  children. She enjoys reading, writing, biking and teaching children Martial Arts.