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I remember you.

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An invocation. A declaration. A curse;
I remember you.

I summon you. I bind you. I name you my past.
Stand. Feet planted at the center of the nearest fault line, ley line, or graph line and make peace with these charges;
I remember you.

I remember you as you were;
Counterfeit, tired, and cruel.

I remember you as you promised;
A garden. A refuge. A forest.

I remember myself as you never were;
Liminal, transcendent, home.

I call my desperation and anger. I bind them. I name them reckoning.
Stand at the doors of their temples and burn.

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They Took My Pencils Away: A Prayer

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TW…psychiatric hospitalization, suicidal ideation, self harm, the Temple
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My doctor asked me to write down warning signs
I wrote “praying”
And he asked me why

I know I haven’t been to the temple in a while
But I’d know these white walls anywhere
A nurse helps me change into a hospital gown
I think I fell asleep standing up

“Welcome sister, can I see your recommend?”
I sign the consent to treatment form.
“In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost”
The ER doctor takes his hands off my head and sits next to me
“We’re very lucky you didn’t take enough to hurt yourself, but this is clearly a cry for help.”

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The Room With the Universe

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When I was a child you spoke of a room
Where the universe sat on a throne
And the stars and the planets and asteroid bands
Were etched into windows and stone

And the floor was composed of the gods we had known
In eons that long since had passed
Where you wrapped me in starstuff adorned with a cloud
And said love would be there if I asked
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