humbled.

i blew it away ten-fold
three times a day
aching like a monster
in this shimmering design of a shatter
bruised and defused
a crumbling statue begging
each passerby
for their strength or their wisdom
or their ability to fly
and i was shown up and torn up
and ripped apart
held dangling by my nerves
and floundering
a butterfly with no wings
a bird that cannot sing
humbled and undaunting.

-hb

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