Why do you run
From difficult questions?
Is it a lack of answers-
A defense mechanism?
Do you fear uncovering
Illogic in your ways?
Are you shaken by change
In your stagnant haze?
How will you know
Without a desire to find
And your paper shield
That you cower behind?
by Kayla Henry
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