she used to pray
like she could write a psalm
with the tears in her hands
like small pieces of anachronistic
curtains covered her
eyes
like there was nothing
but her and the words
she spoke;
the ones she left unspoken.
she used to pray like
she could climb a ladder
to a God who
wept as much as
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