Contradictions

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Exalted

Never mind the stares, child

You are free

Tossed out in the world to make your own

And life rebels

Throwing you to the wind

A makeshift doll in a tsunami

Withstand and behold

A portal to silence, solitude

Don’t fret, my dear

Not another empty glare

You are lost, and you are drowned

Peace? What meaning holds such a word?

This is life

War.

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Heather M.