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Secret, Sins, and Shames

Trying to Find Anchor

By Ricky McQuillanPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Thoughts like fingers

slip around my brain

as if trying to find a grip

on something

infinitely uncontrollable

like life

trying to find anchor in open sea

like the open sea

between you and me

that is never constant

and never sure

just ordinary and ambiguous

and it scares the fucking shit out of me

and I am longing for dry land

and solidity

under these feet

that are weighed heavily

with secret sins and shames

and ordinary human failures

that I don't allow myself to make

sad poetry
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About the Creator

Ricky McQuillan

Belfast-based singer and scribbler. Born in 1977, journaling since I was a fifteen, did a degree in Philosophy in my late 20s, but since then, have mostly been reading Psychobabble, and blogging

https://rickymcquillan.blogspot.co.uk/

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