in the end

a poem on the persistence of truth

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IN THE END

Finally, when what was 
held tight in the bud for 
so long bursts open, there 
will be no containment -
there is nothing more unstoppable 
than a hidden truth breaking free.

Have you ever seen the 
Sun take the sky so thoroughly,
cleaving the blackest clouds open, 
waters rupturing or Earth 
ripped apart r…