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Cuts Both Ways

Cuts Both Ways

never did she

factor this

only saw the steps

away …

no presence did

she feel

as if nobody

hurt but her

and there were times

aplenty

that should have

made it plain

how different

we would see

the same

and maybe I’m

to blame

but some things remain

… unchanged

those things

that change us all

in a matter of a second

a minute more

regardless of when

questioned my resolve

so distance called

a way to bear

the inevitable

loss for loss

the scale

which weighs less

a shield

                                                            or a sword

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery