Hewn

If you dull the knife it still cuts,
just slower than it might have,
severs harsher
in the end.

Had I let it slice me as it was,
I would be drained
of you already.

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Claire Loader is a New Zealand born writer now living in County Galway, Ireland. Her work has recently appeared in Harbinger Press, Crannóg & Tales From The Forest.

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