internal<\/p>\n
battles<\/p>\n
like scars<\/p>\n
no one<\/p>\n
can see<\/p>\n
and worse<\/p>\n
no one can<\/p>\n
hear me<\/p>\n
screaming<\/p>\n
at me<\/p>\n
for mercy<\/p>\n
for freedom<\/p>\n
for grace<\/p>\n
for second<\/p>\n
chances<\/p>\n
at a twist<\/p>\n
of fate<\/p>\n
I am stuck<\/p>\n
in the channel<\/p>\n
of seas and<\/p>\n
oceans<\/p>\n
hoping for<\/p>\n
new life<\/p>\n
that wasn’t<\/p>\n
left coping<\/p>\n
from pain<\/p>\n
of plea<\/p>\n
bargains<\/p>\n
and flea<\/p>\n
markets<\/p>\n
discounted<\/p>\n
fees<\/p>\n
setting on the<\/p>\n
ice chest<\/p>\n
in the summer<\/p>\n
heat trying<\/p>\n
to stay cool<\/p>\n
yet no breeze<\/p>\n
blowing smoke<\/p>\n
and the truth<\/p>\n
is tainted<\/p>\n
canvas is ruined<\/p>\n
look at the lies<\/p>\n
we have painted<\/p>\n
stains on the<\/p>\n
heart of circumstance<\/p>\n
fade to black<\/p>\n
fade to loss<\/p>\n
of a budding romance<\/p>\n
times are hard<\/p>\n
change is good<\/p>\n
finding the road<\/p>\n
to self discovery<\/p>\n
while lost in the<\/p>\n
woods of<\/p>\n
shoulda<\/p>\n
coulda<\/p>\n
woulda<\/p>\n
and maybe<\/p>\n
we can whisper<\/p>\n
and lower our<\/p>\n
voices and<\/p>\n
wipe the slate<\/p>\n
clean and paint<\/p>\n
pretty pictures<\/p>\n
of life<\/p>\n
loosely lived<\/p>\n
and to right<\/p>\n
all the wrongs<\/p>\n
and find it hard<\/p>\n
not to forgive<\/p>\n
myself<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
FJ original 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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