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I can't get anywhere anymore.
Can't write a word, take a step, or even inhale
without doing it with some kind of motive.

Already, this poem, or passage, or whatever it is,
isn't even for me anymore.

It's for them.
The constant audience I never have.
The ones who make me look around
when I stumble in a deserted house.

The ones who make me feel like I'm in a sitcom,
and have to make comments on the state of things
to the shadows of an empty room.

The ones who make me feel
like there's a method to this madness.
Or that its at least being documented.

The ones who let me know
I'm not alone, and never truly will be.

Here's to you, *******.
if you took the time to lift the cover
of my book-of-self
you might just keep reading.
someone please ask me who this person inside me is.
i'll tell ya.

it feels nice to be known. by someone. just one person is good enough.
Human:
made to be broken:
for restoration
Words:
made to be spoke:
to silence creation.

For shadows
marked the victory of light
when thunderheads
turned midday into night
and earthquakes
ripped the skin off of a goat
when peace and quiet
broke the purple coat

two forked tongue
split truth in half
with a lie;
with three words
man made a lie a laugh
as he cried
out to his father
"it is finished"
before he was done
removing the sting from a dragon
as he awoke
wrapped in the cloak
of sunday's morning
they were no longer mourning
sun
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