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Awakening

November 10, 2008
By Sarah Weiskittel GOLD, North Bend, Ohio
Sarah Weiskittel GOLD, North Bend, Ohio
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As I stand in the shower
hot water pours over me,
washing away layers of
labels and prejudices,
things others think of me
and the limits I put on
myself.

It scalds.

I am stripped
of everything,
of all the lies and assumptions,
like wax melting from a candle
or peels unwound from an onion.
All that's left is
me.

I become one small soul
in a vast humanity.


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on Nov. 15 2008 at 9:03 pm
yes yes, very good; i like the ending.