She asked him, 

“Why don’t you tell your story?” 

He replied, I tried, 

but I was made out to be crazy,

aggressive, a problem. 

There was a deep well in his eyes

swelling with pain and loss 

from the untold suffering 

suffocating his soul.

A story he felt forced to suppress 

for a sheltered place

to lay his head…

VSSD Shelter room

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