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Words Keep Me Breathing

Words to tell my stories
Words to tell them why
Words to give names
To what flows through my underground 

Words to voice the unspoken
Words to lighten shadows
Words to ease the burden
Of living trapped in my own self

Words to maim and hurt
Words to scatter caltrops
Words to chase away
The persistent reviled fears 

Words to salve burns
Words to calm aches
Words to close wounds
Opened by my own blades

Words to offer myself to you
Words to impress me upon you
Words to scream your name
With all the love that belongs to it

January 15 – 19, 2025

Published inPoetryFree Verse

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