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Ready to burst

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4/25/2016
Ready to burst—
Tear a hole through my chest.
For an ounce of serenity I long.
Fear overwhelms
This imminent threat:
Questioning what I did wrong.

(Now) angst intertwines
With the innermost me,
Or what I thought was me,
May actually be
An idle attempt to belong.

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