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Ancestor’s traumas

Nov 6, 2018MattLeave a comment

The roads had been paved by violence
The residue of our ancestor’s turmoil inside us
Weaving scars
Always sensing
The shadows that walk beside us

Poetryancestors, humans, memories, Poetry, trauma, writing

Carousel

Jun 14, 2016Jun 14, 2016Matt2 Comments

On a carousel
go round and round
There is a silence beneath the melody
where ghosts lurk
Trying to run free

Written in 2014 or 2015, not sure

Shared on previous blog

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