July 11, 2025

I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries

2 minutes

I'm small, meek, pale and weak

I’ll break if you’re not cautious.

Watch your chosen words,

I’m tender, I’m innocent as well naive,

I break like glass, I burn, I ash.

I do not wish to hurt, you can

plainly see. I derive on your sensitivity.

Don’t take me the wrong way but,

Only the right, place me easily

upon the mantle, that is your spirit.

Let not your anger stir my passive heart.

I’ll snap, crack, crumble and break

entangled in sorrow for days,

So please be careful,

I’m fragile in many ways.

- Holly Fries

* More from Holly Fries ↓

* @hollyf83 on Instagram

Submissions are open. If you have a poem you want me to read on the podcast, now’s the time.

I’m looking for the one that lights you up. The one you’re proud of. The one you can’t read without crying. The one that makes you feel something big.

Let’s make space for the one this Fall on One Poem Only.

Deadline is Thursday, July 31.

🍎 Submit Here 🍎

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rembrandtscure.substack.com

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By Maggie Devers

July 11, 2025

I'm small, meek, pale and weak by Holly Fries

2 minutes

I'm small, meek, pale and weak

I’ll break if you’re not cautious.

Watch your chosen words,

I’m tender, I’m innocent as well naive,

I break like glass, I burn, I ash.

I do not wish to hurt, you can

plainly see. I derive on your sensitivity.

Don’t take me the wrong way but,

Only the right, place me easily

upon the mantle, that is your spirit.

Let not your anger stir my passive heart.

I’ll snap, crack, crumble and break

entangled in sorrow for days,

So please be careful,

I’m fragile in many ways.

- Holly Fries

* More from Holly Fries ↓

* @hollyf83 on Instagram

Submissions are open. If you have a poem you want me to read on the podcast, now’s the time.

I’m looking for the one that lights you up. The one you’re proud of. The one you can’t read without crying. The one that makes you feel something big.

Let’s make space for the one this Fall on One Poem Only.

Deadline is Thursday, July 31.

🍎 Submit Here 🍎

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rembrandtscure.substack.com

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