Vulnerability

2 days ago
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Where you get your kicks

is no business of mine.

But knowing yourself matters

more than the height you’re chasing.

Stripped inward,

honesty takes the blame.

Accept yourself

and time shifts.

Accept perfection

and the ache stays.

Hush Money

Stopped short by an unseen undertaking, one kilometer from where we were going. Asked to explain. Held under a practiced stare. A belt unclipped. The thought of a welt. So we pay the bribe. We try