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“we’re warriors, we have warrior’s blood.
my father, yours.
we’re fighters.”
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he was half-right.
i’m a coward that hides behind
words and whispers.
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i am Brutus of Rome.
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i am 30 pieces of silver.
i am the kiss.
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i am the hiss in the Garden of Eden.
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I am Will Hunting,
surrounding himself with
retarded gorillas.
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I am cyber bullying
in its early days.
AIM was my weapon.
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i am the girl on the ground.
i pushed her down.
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i am so small
when i’m confronted in public.
i am the moments right after,
when i feel brave again.
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i am 3 punches to the cock
while they held him down.
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i am the speeches i wrote
for a church i don’t believe in.
i am the tears that they cried.
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i am the hate.
i am the anger that mutes me.
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i am the words and the whispers.
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he said we’re warriors.
he’s only half-right.
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he’ll be remembered,
because people like me
write stories about people like him.
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“snake’s blood”
©Steven Cuenca