11.21.2009

of these brambles & thorns

these bonds are so fiercly held
'til baked bitter & tart:
all that's poured in
must run again out.

no sins can scar
'til you conceal what they are.

from the ways' parting
are many hearts felled
& you & i know that an echo remains
of what always was there.

of these brambles & thorns,
some must be born
'fore you can see a way through.

it's no ball or chain—
just the burden you feign.
it isn't a cell; it isn't a poison.
this place you're fading in
is an unbarred prison.

i beg you; i dare you:
stop closing your eyes
& believing your lies.

the key that you crave
is only some strength to will out.

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