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Poem- Danger

Danger is when you can’t see what’s in front of you because of anger

When you can’t look behind you out of fear

When you don’t know if the sun is going to rise

Or the moon will find it’s eclipse, behind the tree at the edge of the alley

It’s when you don’t know if God is looking at you

Or a demon is mocking you

It’s when your cheeks burn, and you can feel the red under the corners of your eyes

It’s when you don’t know what to do next

Or when you can’t look back to that dream you had last night that made you feel free

It’s when you hold out a hand that no one wants to take

Out of spite or jealousy, disgrace or regret

It’s when you try to jump the fence and your jeans get caught

Or when you throw the ball too hard and it misses the recipient’s hands

Or when you don’t follow orders and you get blamed

It’s when the battery of your computer loses power and you are screwed for the rest of the afternoon

It’s when your dog runs away, and you can’t catch up to him

Or when the coyote you usually see walking on the side street crawls under the space

Of your backyard fence and eats the bread you left out for the birds

 

It’s when your imagination leaves you stranded and you don’t know what to write

As the late evening light fades over the streetlight where a cardinal sometimes sits

And you want to keep on writing, but you don’t want to give it all away

 

And you close your laptop

And your golden retriever lies by you, instead, and joins you in watching Netflix

 

DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes.