Go There

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A thousand 

years 

of violence

Have passed down

and settled 

inside this body.

Avoiding this can be distracting,

but is not 

a cure for pain.

To heal

I must

go there,

Reckon with those 

of my 

descent

Be they victim 

or 

violator

And convey light

into that 

darkness.

For what is untended

cannot

be mended

And silence

keeps safe

the hurt.

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