Steps

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I take one step

you push me back ten.

You don't understand

how painful it is

to see you suffer

to see your eyes

dull and tired

lifeless

To see your skin

pale and gray

To hear you cry 

into pillows

as you fall asleep

You are in pain,

but so

am

I. 

                           Avery Leigh Sorensen

                                    April 2 2014 

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