don’t deny your wounds
refuse those sullen tears
gashes left to fester
gnawing at broken limbs.
Force yourself to feel
tempt your inner voice
feel your mother weeping
convulsing in your arms
set the grief of abandonment free
envisage your own grandmother
as she lay chocking on her own vomit,
let it rise and fall in your chest
hold out your clenched fists
have it swell within you
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