This Place

The racing starts

As soon

As I pull in

Why does

This place

Bring duress

Why does it

Initiate fear

They're just kids

I've done this

My entire career

But facing them

Facing co-workers

Daily

Freaks me out

I cringe inside

I quake

Fear overwhelms

How many of them

Share a portion

Of my story

My pain

My brokenness

Yet feel

All alone

In the midst of it

I see it

In their sad eyes

The windows

To their souls

I see it

In their desperate

Attempts at attention

They need

Someone

Maybe me

To notice

But

I can't bear

Their horrors

On top

Of my own

And that

Shatters me

Again

Every day

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