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Blanking the conversation
mouth a hollow for something
other than words
finding the apertures that
continue through the heartbreaking
the colossal distance
opening up one more ache

Been bent before this
been whole before now
the struggle to stand not really
holding anything back
…

Holding Back
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J.D. Harms

Jessica Lee McMillan

Jessica Lee McMillan

·Nov 13, 2020

Amazing words, J. Everything feels reflexive.

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MA Eng. Mama, Poet, Iconoclast, Word Nerd. Likes shiny things. Writes on Philosophy, Art, Music, Nature.

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