Image by Regina J McMurray. 2008, Gulf Stream Crossing, leaving Charleston, NC heading toward the Panama Canal, Nov. 5, the day after President Obama was elected--the first time!
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Want to shed this human skin
Leaves me so vulnerable Buffer system is only temporarily adequate Then my heart reels in pain Overwhelmosity same person appears again and again Teaching the same lesson STand up for yourself -d do not be trampled I preach power then fail to claim my own My warm knit hat and sunglasses Leave me feeling protected Truly, they only hide my puffy stained eyes Nothing hides the tightness in my chest Or voice, nothing masks my truth I fail at pretending too Warm blankets offer solace Buried beneath but you can't hide from dreams Or those that recur in reality I want to hide from my own fragility And only revel in my strength I want to hide this reopened wound Triggered by my familiar friend: That feeling of powerlessness |
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