Tell me where it was that a woman
Just yesterday
Could say a prayer thanking aliveness
Only to die by tomorrow.
Because if you tell me the place
I will place my thumb there
Waiting for the pulse to quicken.
Holding doorways
Closed for a little while longer
Saying my own prayers
Thanking aliveness
In a way
Where I say:
“Please protect my children. Please.”
Then, openi…
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