anomalous-revelations
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Reminders of the Ruin in Me
There are nights
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I can feel him pacing beneath my ribs,
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dragging chains across the floorboards o
4m
May 8
Man Beneath the Mask
I am most afraid of a quiet revelation.
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Not thunder, not betrayal, not some grand collapse,
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but
3m
Mar 23
Youve Killed the Saint in Me
I once believed
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suffering could be sanctified.
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That patience was a cathedral
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and mercy the qui
4m
Mar 16
No Kind of Life
Living just isn’t hard enough.
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The bills arrive too gently.
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The ghosts knock too politely.
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The
3m
Mar 4
I Will Not Die in My Fathers Armor
I could not fit in my father’s armor.
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Not because I was too small,
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but because I outgrew it
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be
3m
Feb 27
Built on What Tried to Break Me
I was baptized in violence
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before I ever knew God.
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Not water, but hands.
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Not prayer, but threa
6m
Feb 6
A Mothers Love, Weaponized
I opened my door the way sons are taught,
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With faith in my hands and a lesson unbought.
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I called
3m
Feb 6
Hollow Hymn
There is a silence that swallows even the stars,
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a hush that gnaws at the marrow,
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where prayers
2m
Aug 8, 2025
Atlas Had it Easy
They say the strong will carry on,
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but they don’t feel the weight I don at dawn.
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A daughter’s sm
2m
Aug 8, 2025
The Crooked Joy
They chase the straight and narrow path,
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A line from birth to tomb.
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Blindfolded by the myth of m
2m
Jul 8, 2025
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