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Writer's pictureKayla Henry

Paper Shields

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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All rights reserved. No part of this poem may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a review.

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