Room For Doubt

You dismissed the bitterness,
the anxiety, the impassioned
roar of somebody surviving.

The invisible remains,
hopeful that you
will be going away in time.

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do not die

we can put
some distance
between the
unnamed next
moment and
us at night
when they head
home and we
stay with the
race

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the other Americas

behind the endless America
you're supposed to look at

told you you're nobody
and you're allowed to be

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You & Me

look powerful
while the old
Me is missing
some pieces.

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a return to normalcy

If the wave--I'm there
and helpless--were to
turn back and out, to-
ward everything I
was determined to
lose, would I put on
a dull, cheerful face?

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sanctuary

Open, but protected,
The night approached.

It felt wanted, alive,
And he hopes it can't go wrong.

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work continues

I want to be done.

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slowly

digging
until everything didn't lead
to more time

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apologize

I reached out to regret
the last thought that seeped out
from the masks that I wear.

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just a man

Just a quick goodbye
to the faces in the photographs.

It could have been better,
but the end doesn't deserve
to be treated like
some big feat.

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