Thank you for the chances you offered me
The Doors you opened
That I took
That I walked through
And for letting me see your anger
When I didn’t
And thank you for letting me know
That your anger didn’t mean
I was wrong
Thank you so much
For pushing me to dig deeper
Under the sleepiness
To get to my terror and rage and grief
How trained I’d been
To say I was fine
After I’d fallen and
Hurt...
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She is a
Prisoner
A broken, brilliant almost
Secreting dances
Ferocious or
Soft
Burning to be
Born
Trembling beneath
The skin
Unseen
Dying to burst out
Into the light
Hoping against hope to
Not go unsung
Into the dreamless...
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You didn’t come for healing
You say
You are already healed
You say
You understand it all
You say
The world is insane but you
You say
You can see
This is what I say
You are not healed
I am not healed
No one is healed
Some are healing
As long as there is
Violence
We are not healed
As long as there is
Rape
We are not healed
As long as there is
Government
We are not healed
As long as there is
Prison
We are not...
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