Thursday, June 30, 2016

Courage Valentine

Like the blank bedroom
of an abused child
all the toys broken
the earth stands there
bracing for the next blow
the stinging necessary to it
the requisite pain of learning
to despise your own body
and having no one believe you
and having to spend your life
trying to decide between hate
and fear and love
having been taken at the gate
having been ruined from above
having to fight for your life

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