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Threatened
I’ve never been in debt
but my bank account has gone below the surface.
I’ve listened to my car grind at the joints
and I’ve been in the ditch more than once
without a second vehicle in my pocket.
My family believed that I left my home
because I wasn’t happy with them.
I had to explain that I wasn’t happy with myself.
The homes that I moved in to never felt like home
but the love in my heart made me a place to stay.
My eyes flooded rivers that oceans couldn’t contain.
My bed was welcome. My mind sank.
I put myself in blackness
after I had learned that blackness could find me
and never let go.
I’ve heard men say
that the beauty behind poetry is cruel
and I know women
who cry at the movement in songs.
I’ve been hurt by beauty all my life.
But beauty now is the promise of a day
when my beauty will never be threatened.
Sometimes I wish for songs to never end.
Sometimes I wish for songs to never end.
by Gabe Redel
but my bank account has gone below the surface.
I’ve listened to my car grind at the joints
and I’ve been in the ditch more than once
without a second vehicle in my pocket.
My family believed that I left my home
because I wasn’t happy with them.
I had to explain that I wasn’t happy with myself.
The homes that I moved in to never felt like home
but the love in my heart made me a place to stay.
My eyes flooded rivers that oceans couldn’t contain.
My bed was welcome. My mind sank.
I put myself in blackness
after I had learned that blackness could find me
and never let go.
I’ve heard men say
that the beauty behind poetry is cruel
and I know women
who cry at the movement in songs.
I’ve been hurt by beauty all my life.
But beauty now is the promise of a day
when my beauty will never be threatened.
Sometimes I wish for songs to never end.
Sometimes I wish for songs to never end.
by Gabe Redel
