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emotional shrapnel

invincibility had been a difficult pastime the flak vest of insecurity and coverups had managed to inflate anxieties and fears to the bursting point of impromptu explosion the festering boil had to be lanced at any cost for resentments anger hurt and self-harm to subside a bullet proof illusion was no longer an option to call it friendly fire would be an understatement what started as a splinter soon became a red-hot cudgel incising the mind soul body complex of delusions yet no more fully detached from valid emotions he decided that having feeling was better than amnesia

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Date: 5/17/2025 5:37:00 PM
Congratulations on placing in my contest. I enjoyed the depth of your write. The use of metaphors to describe overwhelming emotions was fantastic. And yes to feel even too much is better than feeling nothing. Thank you for writing.
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 5/18/2025 12:44:00 AM
Tahnk you so much for hosting the contest and for placing my poem. Kid wishes, Kai

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