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Category: Poetry
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Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 02:58
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Written by B.Y. Penman
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RESPONSIBILITY
GRIEF
REGRET
a heavy trio
deftly slung
over both shoulders
carried with determination
until the grit built up
beneath my feet and hurt
enough to make me stop
to sit with the weight
of everything
and it slowly slipped
then settled
on the ground around me
and I was free
B.Y. Penman 9-9-21
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Published: Thursday, 02 September 2021 07:15
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Written by B.Y. Penman
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craving concrete and iron
to steel this soft flesh and tired bone
against the crushing weight
of being everything to everyone
nerves thrum like guitar strings
amped up to beyond
when the phone rings
and it's you
cut my teeth on uncertainty
raised on chaos and tears
curled up at night with my fear
easy isn't for me
learned there's no saving grace
no knight in shining armor
to come and save me from it all
life is no fairy tale in the end
now just a quiet warrior
leaking words in place of tears
that dried up long ago
when love wasn't enough to fix us all
and I learned to let go
B.Y. Penman 2021