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Written at 36,000 feet. No escape from myself.

In dreams they lay, awake
While thoughts pierced their soul
A thousand knives at once

Is all they are a veneer
Over anxious chasms
Bottomless, alluring

For in dreams they lie
Our greatest lies of all
Those tales of self …

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Introduction

This is a reflection borne out of the lyric:

“The elephant in the room is that my room is in the elephant.”

from the song Heretic, by Ren:

The Room in the Elephant

The elephant is not in the room.
The room is ribs and breath and …

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After All You’ve Done

People talk about parents
And it feels alien to me
To have lived in a world
Where everyone can see

A completely different person
Than they’ve ever been with me
To hold up on a pedestal
Someone who made me feel so small

The twisted look …

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Introduction

This is the first poem I’ve written since high school and certainly the first I’ve published.

It was written to help me process my feelings towards my mother who at time of writing I’ve been No Contact with for 14 weeks …