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Tiger Eyes
Alicia Hansen
I smother my screams
within,
unbearable, even the thought,
to hear the sound of emptiness.
forcefully, I press a myriad
of escaped emotions,
harsh against my skin.
Give me one fathomable reason,
a minute token of logic,
for breaking these barriers and
permitting such a bold statement
as an upward
curve.

My eyes glance downward,
defending presence of
non-returned messages,
lip-nibbling one small
mechanism of constant battle.
Bring forth,
nudging aside and behind
bodies and objects
of comfort,
some reality,
a bit of liquid honesty,
and I'll swallow pasty
vanity,
familiar doubt,
bearing tender expression.

Present me with your why,
descriptions for me to remain,
of worded needs and I'll display a
beam of
blatantly false ignorance, but
genuine pleasure.



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