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home Byline, Fiction What I Know I Was Told

What I Know I Was Told

By Sophie Mckenzie   Posted in Byline Fiction
Posted on January 29, 2017January 14, 2017

There are small deaths and cruel deaths.

Here, this is a slow death.

Nuture it, be careful, be gentle,

These things are all on you,

You know.

And remember

It’ll be there when you fail

And are alone.

You needed this,

You know.

I don’t remember ordering this

I know.

We know.

Yet here it is.

And we tell you all the same

And every day

You need to move

You know.

The shackles don’t exist

And don’t forget

To feed your fault

Here, there’s some fear.

You just need to try

You know.

I know.

Yes, you know

How often we tell you

And will tell you

Really, it’s not that hard.

Listen, listen, always heed

Us, care for that empty vessel

That second heart, that hides in the corner?

I tried shooing it out the door

It always comes back.

But I know this

I won’t feed it any more.

I think

It makes the writing harder

And I know

It empties me out

I know.

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