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Hurricanes and False Hope

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JJ-Lit

Published: Dec 14, 2012

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Right now, I'm still dealing with hurricanes and false hope.
Thoughts I can’t seem to pluck from your mind.

You cling to every word and so I pick them carefully,
but it’s not the un-kept promises that keep the rain falling on us
or the wind violently crashing into our lives.

It's all the things I don't say, the promises I don't make;
marking the way of change and all you stand to lose.

The fearlessness displayed comes from the certainty I feel
as the storm lifts me up with outstretched hands
and I free fall to salvation.

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