Closure

To close and leave behind,

to lock that door and keep things inside

to walk alone in your mind,

arranging the pain of the years

on the shelves of hope,

alphabetical order…

timeline…

trauma.

I have no say in what comes first

Or even write this poem.

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I Walk away and keep going

pepper the day with stories

throw them on the side of the road

so they may grow one day

and become witnesses,

or the jury of our inhumanity.

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to close,

to end,

to confine

to be your own jailor and oppressor

so others can feel free

of asking and caring

of the guilt of not being there

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Closure is to hope again