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by Cheryl Cudmore
 

if there is truly any value
in anything i say to you
alone
blot out my
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i am dead
i am gone
a person
no more
and share it wide
if you truly believe
it of benefit to others
i am a nonperson

unashamed
of what i say or
the things i feel

i feel with such intensity

there is everything
there is nothing

i am joy
i am one scene
in your mind's eye
a single frame
recorded by
a thousand flashbulbs
on the film of your soul
i am blinded
i am invisible
i am inaudible
i am hidden
i am no id
a
nameless
name