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PAIN

PAIN

PAIN
she’s telling me she dreams of one day getting a hug without obligation
PAIN
she’s crying and thanking me when I say I would do so more than happily
PAIN
she is not the only one who cries
from receiving expressions of simple affection.

PAIN
she’s thanking me for actually asking how she feels
PAIN
she’s crying when I have actually listened to the answer
PAIN
experiencing this is an aberration for her
knowing what she’s feeling right now even a little bit.

PAIN
asking her what she would like and she’s scared
PAIN
knowing why she’s afraid to express her wants
PAIN
comprehending she hasn’t let herself imagine wanting anything
knowing that she has understandable reason to lock wants away.

PAIN
knowing what it means for a person to be so starved for affection
PAIN
understanding basic decency is an aberration for her
PAIN
seeing she has been so hurt and abused
being with her when the little things are
overwhelmingly too much.
not having a chance to treat her
like the incredible vibrant
beautiful woman she is before
the simplicity of “I thought of you” overwhelms and tears overtake us
crying together through the pain of
the joy of the simple human experiences
before we even get beyond the little kindnesses.

the bar is in fucking hell and I know my pain doesn’t come close to matching hers.

PAIN
is far too much.

now I’m Angry.
but definitely not at her.

[sketch in red of heart cracked down the middle]
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You Keep It In

You Keep It In

you stoke the forge and build your first tools
you use it, she tells you. that heat.
you use your first tools to build better tools
of your own design;

you find a name for the thing that you are for the things that you do
for the feeling when the jackals close in

You keep it in.

let it lick out a safe amount in times of trouble
a scorching tongue of insult and derision
a release valve
Can't talk to you when you're like this
well
no That's the point, you walking corpse

you keep it in and sit under the trees in calm moments think

I could detonate
turn my world to ash
and they wouldn't care.

You keep that in, too.

but it stokes the fires. past white hot
from anger to fury to rage

[graphic of figure with arms out, a fire in each hand]
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