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.
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.
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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