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She Does Not Know

She does not know
That I hide my strength from her
I don’t want to push her away.
My leather heart so stretched and streaked
Bent, bashed and broken
On the sharp tongue and teeth of others
Has grown strong and hard
Impenetrable
But to those I will inside

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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