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Shay Murphy writes: ” I am a freshman at Endicott College majoring in Digital Media with a concentration in Journalism. I am originally from Thomaston, Connecticut and spend most of my time with friends or my golden retriever, Chase.”

misguided

Shay Murphy

I want you to feel

like a hoof to a horse.

under this weight, I exist.

breath short,

justly cut by hoof to ground

travel with you, I will.

no choice of mine

to live crushed by you,

you have destroyed me.

but thankful I should be

I’m so sorry,

my thoughts readjust:

you carry me.

thank you.

the hoof lifts me,

I am guided by you.

you are the swaddle to my baby

I am the lamb to your herder.

the dirt under your hoof and I,

one and the same.

— Shay Murphy

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