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from tired bones by Michael Olivier

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am i defined by a road with a name
i learned in ninth grade but have yet to ride
because i declined to keep at this pace
and nothing feels safe here since you died

i took the preacher’s empty words to heart
and i fed the maw the hollow scriptures left
and i sought to craft each lover works of art
but i am an embarrassment to them

i still believe in a place that is warm
should i conform to meet its needs
this doorway bleeds and i’m terrified
what’s on the other side’s not meant for me

i’ve seen the milky pits these feelings dig
from the bottom looking up after a fight
no one tells a boy his heart can grow so big
it bursts and leaves a canyon where it dries

heard there’s a light to guide us across
i think mine got lost with you, my love
so i sit to write the last song i ever will
in hopes my heart is still when i am done

can i be done

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from tired bones, released October 31, 2017

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Michael Olivier Greeley, Colorado

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