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the blood and guts i crawled thru
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the blood and guts i crawled thru
puking n cryin
gnashing my teeth
while cruel hands of Life
were tearing holes in my soul
are far far past ~
but i was left for dead
and i survived
left trying to fill pits of pain
with smokes booze coke dicks clothes food
draggin my body around with my hands
unitl i could crawl again
then still i walked trailing blood for years
limping and biting hands
lying in the trees panting
panting
breathing
slowly licking the wounds away
bloody slow
but i cried a thousand times
had to run 3 thousand miles
i found the ocean
lied down and died
in the Lodge
and begged for God to be real
and It is
so i got up Warrior pose
started to walk the Red path
tripped over Buddha
crawled into his lap
& fell in love
realized that i am you
we all are all there is
everyone is equal
no one comes out unscathed
no one gets outta here alive
and if we can live thru this
our hearts heal more every sunrise
the scars are all there
deep & thick with red skin
if you look
we all know
they're still a bit sore
especially if you press on them
& we get more wounds
with every few steps
towards the finish line
we are
the beauty of the suffering
deeping our souls

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by Renee Hope