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I just wanted to write something

But I didn’t know what

And I didn’t know how

There it sat

Not dormant

Just bubbling away

Below the surface

How do you squash down

Suffocation or at least attempts to

Past the tears

Until your throat fills with silence

And your chest expands and then shrivels

And it reaches the pit of your stomach

Paralyses you to the soles of your feet

Where you can no longer walk where your mind goes

Or talk where your heart is at

And darkness falls over your eyes, around your shoulders

And you are lost

For words

For who

You were

I wanted to hear something

But I didn’t know what

And I didn’t know who

And I didn’t know how

And I didn’t know you

But you did

You knew what I needed to say

What I needed to hear

You knew what

You knew who

You knew how

And I came to know you

Amen