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Secrets
January 11, 2015
It is the worst day of your life
and you revel in it. You savor
the chill of fear in your heart and spine
because it is new and you deserve it.
The words fly from your lips like doves
in the wind, and each is a new nail
in your coffin. A great and terrible storm
rages on his face, the clouds hiding a wound
as deep as the sea. His gaze is sharp,
cold like the air that fills your lungs with knives
in winter, but you have never been happier
to be seen. He asks you why you're smiling.
In agony, in ecstasy, you reply, "Because
I am free." And you are.
© Lauren M., Scotch Plains, NJ
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