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Walters, Jo ann
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2024
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I have struggled for a long time to find a home within myself.
My body shifts through water
endlessly.
Always sending me under crashing waves
Always resetting me.
I reach for god unsure if I could stand his judgement.
Gasping, clawing, praying to breathe.
Desperate
I call for my father.
The version of him that loves me
The version of him that's proud.
The version of him that isn't like me.
Scared, emotional, angry
Unstable.
Deeper.
deeper.
deeper.
I try to remember I am loved
I am lovedI am loved
But for how long?
I will begin to rot
Green sloughing skin
sticky and swollen
waterlogged.
My body is too heavy to carry.
When the water becomes too unstable and I am no longer worth saving.
Who will be left, to pull me out.
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