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silence of secret things by Amylia Grace


storm clouds.
dark skies.
the moon.
harsh
& cold
and somehow

believing
in all this
is safer
than believing
in hope,
in levity,
in the goodness
in others
& in us.

we are timid
like the junetime
wind, wet
& soundless
rains.umbrellas
in the car
and regret
coming hard

down,
in sheets
& shards
sharp &
shattering
the molecules
in the air
and us--

dissolving
whatever
providence
remains.
the power
to control it
isn't ours.



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 Amylia Grace has her M.F.A. in Poetry and currently co-edits the literary magazine, Girls with Insurance & tinfoildresses poetry journal. A proud Milwaukee native, her poems have been published worldwide in places such as Word Riot, Verse Wisconsin, The Penwood Review, Shine Journal, Facets Literary Magazine (MIT) and CPQ among others.She also blogs for HealthCentral.com and Diabetes Daily.com. Find her at http://www.amyliagrace.blogspot.com
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