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Heartsick 

Pain

Pounds

My

Soul

Deeper and 

Deeper 

Into

An

Abyss 

As

Violence 

Rushes

In

And

Panics

My

Being,

Squelching 

Life
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Children’s Ward

Alone,
Crying,
Afraid, 
A
Young
Heart
Breaks
Quietly 
And
Violently,
Reaching 
For
The
Absent 
Other 
Hand
 
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ConversIons

Breaking 
Windows 
As
I
Open
Old
Doors
To
New
Rooms
I
Break
Inside 
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1967 Mustang

Junkyard
Carcasses
Litter
The
Open
Field,
Each
With
A
Lost
Memory
Of
The
Other,
As
I
Turn
My
Key
One
Last
Time
To
The
Off position
And
Walk
Away
Crying

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Snake Eyes

Anger
Streams
Through
The
Room
As
The
Other
Listens
To
Venom
Felt,
Whilst
Peering
Through
The
Glazed
Eyes
Of
A
Wounded
Soul,
Feeling
Something,
Understanding
Nothing

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Quitting the Race

Fingers
Pointed
In
Rage
Show
My
Heart
Maybe
It’s
Time
To
Move
Along
New
Paths
Seen
And
Suspected
In
The
Distance,
Tired,
Frustrated,
Broken,
As
I
Stand
Judged,
Perceived
Searching
For
A
Home
Far
From
The
Other
And
My
Aching
Soul,
Sitting
Instead
Surrounded
Alone
In
Darkness
Not
Yearning,
Wilting
Into
The
Anonymous
Nothingness
Of
Another miserable
Existence
Quitting
All

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Only In Disappointment

The
Winding
Path
Apportions
Glimpses
Of
The
Longed for
Destination
Only
To
Take
The Traveler
On
Unfamiliar
Journeys
Not
Chosen,
Pushing,
Pulling,
Tearing
The
Soul,
Betraying
Dreams

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Glad to see I’m not alone out there. Real change is a great opportunity for self reflection and service. It’s messy and you have to be all in. Thank you for sharing these thoughts.

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When I was young I wanted to have an impact on the world.

I went through different stages of how I would want to accomplish this task. While going through my blood disorder I wanted to become a doctor, after that I wanted to be in a famous band, and after that I wanted to do something in politics.

I dreamed of changing the world, but I could barely get a handle on my own life and the world that surrounds me, never mind the world at large.

With the coming of the new year I finally feel like I have positioned myself to impact the world on a scale far past anything I have done in the past.

In my dreams I always imagined this point arriving much sooner, but I had a lot of lessons to learn up to this point. Changing the world may seem out of…

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Present Perfect

Crazed
Waves
Beat
The
Shoreline
Savagely
Breaking
Boundaries
By
The
Seaside
Scratching
Deeply
Into
The
Earth,
Perpetually
Opening
New
And
Old
Wounds

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The Firm

Broken
Facades
Leaking
Humanity
Within
As
PassersBy
Glance
At
The
Open
Doors
Slipping
Past
Unnoticed
Headed
To
Other
Entrances

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