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A HOT STATE

A hot state
My head is in
Until I nearly boil over
All these years
Not getting wiser
Only getting older
I keep my anger
Locked in a box
Terrified that it will open
Once it's released
Removed from my lips
I'm horrified by the words that I've spoken
So quick to heat
But still first to bleed
I festered deep in the womb
I grew in the fever
An emotional underachiever
A burden oft removed by the tomb
Soon then will come
Not a bridge left to burn
And I will be scathed and secluded
No unmarked cheek to turn
You would think that I'd learn
To allude it's not me is deluted