Bear Witness

I ripped my eyes out

Sat within the ranks of Oedipus

Many recommended this—

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But I have born witness

And I cannot un-see

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Tethered under your eyelids

Tight rope in your dreams

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Horrors dance

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What can I do with this pain

But hold it in my palms

And cry out, “I see! I see!”

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Though my voice shakes

And I cannot breathe —

I can

Muster

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“I have seen!”

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