The Danger

And in the end
we came through it all—
the danger didn't stretch
taut enough to snap back on us and sting

But still
the sleepless nights
the hours spent needling at 
the danger to find a cause to avoid
the things we say to feel

like we're doing something when there is nothing
we can do nothing
we can say to keep the stretched things tight and out
of the way

Sometimes stretched things break

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