You can read her like the times
Splitting hairs and giving airs
She’s guilty of the crime
Don’t
Your eyes can commit
Killing me so tenderly when you won’t just admit
You’re s
Some buy their way in mercy
Some get taken out too soon
The
Like rain in the ravine
Flowing with bloodline and pollution
Trying to get clean
Leaving her imprints upon me
A r
She’s not the first to
Like she’s the only one coming up against hers
The more responsibility the more you crave denial
The
Like the courage of a mother letting go of her first child
Running at the center of living
A r
She’s not about to
Like she’s the only one coming up against hers
How bad could it
To blow it off and run away from yours
Ambition drinking me
Helpless I watch another death
Play out on TV
I r
‘Til it comes as no surprise
To sleep all through the night and still wish
To open my eyes
The midwife of this urgency
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