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we are all boxes
we cannot shatter
we are not fragile

but we carry things that are fragile
emotions and hope inside boxes
unlike us, they shatter

 

with a shove, these things may shatter
because what we carry is marked as fragile
we conceal these feelings inside the hard cardboard of our boxes

we are all boxes, our emotions can shatter, we are not fragile

 
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