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They Call It the Witch’s Wound

by Family on January 12, 2022

by Daughter

They call it the witch's wound
The words that get stuck in my throat
The burning tight breath
As I cry out for my loss
What part is pretend
What is the truth
The unsaid words, or the lies
That you present as fact
The past that carries me here
Or the future that pulls me with seductive hope
Or is the truth the present person 
Where I lose my grip on both
The words I am barely able to mutter
The words that are caught in my barely there breath
If I do not speak the words
Can it still be called truth
Isn't it truer than the falseness you speak?
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