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These Shallow Bars

By Travis Jones

These shallow bars of my security,
can only keep out so much.

These feeble bars offer me surety,
but their protection is just a crutch.

Fragility stoking my fears,
I put up another bar.

Afraid of my own tears,
I become a controlling czar.

This need for security,
turns my focus inward,
away from all others.

This need for surety,
shifts my locus inward,
giving me no time for all my sisters & brothers.

Yet, all the protection in the world,
& still I am fragile.

Still the pain breaks through,
despite all of my circumspection.

It’s as if these shallow bars aren’t enough,
& that I’m really not all that tough.

But then where can I find true security,
where can I find that blessed assurity?

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