a prayer:

false--
i wish you didn't
gather
'round me so.

what
is this
mask
i'm wearing?

why
is this
mask
i'm wearing?

i
want to remember,
she
wants to
bury
all that was.


please,
let her
lace
her fingers
into mine:

to find a
new
strength
that does not
lie
behind barriers;

they say these
journeys
are harder
on your own.