Poetry by Tirzah Mason: What we lose to fear
What we lose to fear
Hallows out our souls
Drop by drop
Soundless
A silent scream
A twisting, ripping in the gut
Reducing us to fit
Into the smallest space
Our hope can carve
Into the future
Photo provided by Tirzah Mason.
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