Show me those fragments
The ones that live in your chest
Where cupped hands fail to hide
Buried under blood & bone
Roots spreading downwards: growing out
Deep below where they lurk
(The gross tangled tarred bits)
Veiled behind a mask of normal
Please coax out your fear
Draw out your worries
Excavate your angst
Fish for your sorrow
Present them on the altar of sacrifice
Under harsh light, they don't survive long
They shrivel like worms
Twisting in the gaze
Undeniably defined by another
Whose sheer witness
Strips them of what teeth they had
At least for a time
The ones that live in your chest
Where cupped hands fail to hide
Buried under blood & bone
Roots spreading downwards: growing out
Deep below where they lurk
(The gross tangled tarred bits)
Veiled behind a mask of normal
Please coax out your fear
Draw out your worries
Excavate your angst
Fish for your sorrow
Present them on the altar of sacrifice
Under harsh light, they don't survive long
They shrivel like worms
Twisting in the gaze
Undeniably defined by another
Whose sheer witness
Strips them of what teeth they had
At least for a time
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