Today I Want

Today I want to be apart

To claim my right to own my heart

The problems of my peers can wait

I need to sit

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Today I forgo worldly cares

I can no longer leave me bare

I’ll not survive a rape by hate

I need to hide

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Today there’s nothing I will fear

Leave me to reckon with the years

I have a rendezvous with fate

I need to breathe