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Rage On, Sister
Rage on, sister
and get down to the water.
Though the river’s darkness
wrestles a thousand drowned dreams
in the songless night,
moons of the murky darkness,
it’s never far from star reflections,
and though in the mirror, your face darkens
into the slap mark of your own hand,
rage on, rage on.
Rage on, sister
and pour the fallen crows
of inky stain
on the white wall of a page
embrace the haunted,
the fatherless, the exile,
the empty glass, the shattered glass,
the shattered water,
the tangled smile through clenched teeth
the ache of tears like fruit.
Rage on, sister
you who choose to hide away
and let all things pass
like rivers
in your eyes of water.
Rage on, sister
and remember to be kind to pain
and when you find
another sleepless child
take her hand—
take her hand, for you’ll find a mirror
in the care of her hand
find it in the pain
of each other’s souls.
Rage on, sister
and get down to the water
you’ll get down to the water
and find it in the
smile of the water.
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To my "sisters" in girls everywhere. If you are struggling with the self harm described in this poem, please seek help from a qualified and caring adult.