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Said a prayer this morning, I prayed I would find a way.
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Enduring, pushing through, discovering resilience. 28 poems live in this room.
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No. 108
The unexpected voice only sounds familiar
The unexpected voice only sounds familiar because it rings through the darkness like the choice—the choice that should have killed you.
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No. 63
I want to see you after you practice for
I want to see you after you practice for months Then choke on the big stage.
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No. 1
The journey begins
Imagine I was right there with you When you looked up to your bedroom ceiling
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No. 2
Come back to you
One day you'll stand on the ledge of a rooftop Your hometown and the river will spin Around beneath you
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No. 3
You can
One day you'll meet a person Who, for no reason at all, doesn't like you On sight.
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No. 8
You will achieve
One beautiful early fall day You will walk across campus On your way
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No. 12
Those wounds stung
There will come a time When you must walk with the weight
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No. 17
Bring your past selves to their feet
Treasure the time you have on stage, For you may not always sing so sweet. Jump as high as you possibly can—
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No. 25
The shadow dance for your escape
Shut your eyes when you know you're trapped Until you
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No. 27
What can you do now to prepare?
The real test will come When you haven't studied, When you're standing naked in the snow,
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No. 29
Hold close the messenger
One day, you'll discover a way to do things— a logical structure to your
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No. 32
Know that it's coming
Know that it's coming: Something unforgettable will happen, That turns your heart cold,
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No. 35
That only you can feel
The absence of a guiding hand, The touch you missed— Forced you to feel every nuance
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No. 36
Cherish the click
Cherish the click. When you understand that the words that once harmed you
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No. 40
A calculated leap across the darkness
Remember the vision that came to you in the light,
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No. 41
Stay with the painful thoughts
Imagine compassion built from the times you stayed with the painful thoughts.
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No. 42
The inner spark
Don't let the thing you needed most, Yet never received, Become the flashlight without
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No. 56
All the times you felt the music stir
All the times you felt the music stir your soul, So much that your eyes welled up with
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No. 59
One day you'll wake up from a
One day you'll wake up from a dream on the dark side of the
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No. 79
And everyone is transformed
When you hear the piercing cry for help From a member of your tribe, Her children clutched by her side,
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No. 84
As your lungs fill
The pull of return from the forced pause Exists within you—
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No. 86
The escape with no roadmap
The escape with no roadmap Where any path you choose to walk Is nothing more than
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No. 95
A chamber of the overcome
You'll be taken back one day To the room you worked your entire life to escape,
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No. 99
The shadow of a dark cloud you felt
The shadow of a dark cloud you felt hovering over you, an illogical premonition of inevitability,
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No. 103
Disrupt the continuum
There may be days you need to disrupt the continuum—
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No. 106
Don't fucking listen.
You don't have to lie. Your truth is a flawless silhouette in a blacktop dream,
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No. 109
Only by stripping the partial shrouds
Only by stripping the partial shrouds Of indecision Can we face the darkest clouds
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No. 115
Access Revoked
A girl skipped a stone across a crystal lake, the ripples shatter the surface of your skin. You look down at the puddle in the starless darkness—
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