Poem 67: I know

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I know I try so hard

to grasp this face I hold.

Trying to look like I'm in control.

I know I tried to tell you so many times before

that I'm on the right train of mind.

The things I think about

probably never occur to you.

The things I feel

should probably never be felt

and forgotten for as long as we live.

I know I try so hard

to keep holding onto something.

I know you probably know

something about me.

Maybe if I decided to vanish

it could free a bit of that storage

inside your head you waste on me.

I know I try so hard to contradict

every single other stance I ever held.

My thoughts and my words sometimes differ

and it's hard to tell which one is my truth.

Who knows what else I could do

if I tried to plow through mental blocks

that barricade my road,

my path to something worth it.

Who knows how it'd feel?

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