pain

I avoid it at all costs
taking the long way
to school

taking the long way
to a joyful life

until I can’t avoid it anymore.

turn
face
open
to pain.

trails

take me down the path
far away from here
and this pain

lead me on an adventure
into the wilderness

I cannot be here
any longer.

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The drugs
knock me out,
I wake up
whoosey.

A numb kind of pain,
I try to sit up
but fall back
unable.

powerless.

I wake up,
different.

breathe out
take three sips of tea
let yourself go

breathe out
peace
washes over your body
healing the little bits of pain

breathe out
take three sips of tea
let yourself go

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Eyelashes

Long
Luxurious

Beautiful when you get close.

She blinks softly
then nudges me in the stomach with her horn.

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I am touched
by the stories
of Syrian refugees
trying to find their way
to safety

I am touched.

I am touched by the young men
Drumming

Drumming for the missing and the murdered
Touched.

I am touched by the pain and the sadness
in their eyes
in their eyes and in their hearts
touched.

Why is there so much pain?
The young girl asks her mother
touched.

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