Blades

The world doesn't need another tame heart...

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Blades

the world doesn't need
     another tame heart
          it needs the ferocity
               borne of
          knowing
     exactly what
          you will die for

find the place where
     the mass of whatyoubelieve 
          becomes 
               weightless
     and
no matter how lost
     you become
          you'll know 
     true north:

               close your eyes 

     what you know
          like the howling of wolves
     will lead you into
          the dark rain of
              unsafe places where
regardless of what you've 
     been told
          your sword is finally 
             meaningful

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Sean Downing, poet, musician, teaches high school English and Theater Arts in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. He can often be found in his woodshop, coaxing music from odd scraps of junk, or haunting the trout streams around southwest Colorado. If you see him, don’t tell anyone: they’re probably looking to get an honest day’s work out of him.

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