it’s in the way the sun catches the eye

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even oceans away

hills and alleyways all the same

they know my name

and I see their eyes as if they were my own

I hear their voices

as if they were my own

except

the voices in my mind-

torments me

-replay

and it’s not something I’d say

something sinister abides in me

an eyeful crow- lurking

on a forbidden hill of black star gladiolus

gift or curse I couldn’t say

because me and them are all the same

it’s in the way I smile

to keep the paranoia at bay

they smile

I smile

but I know all the things they dare not say.