<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who Can Stand?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who can stand</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">in the borderlands of suffering?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Suffering far afield from what</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">can be born in any given life?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who can stand with me here?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who can stand with my beloved kin</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">whose days and nights</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">have pushed and pulled and shoved</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">them far beyond the barriers</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">protecting normal life?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who can stand with us out here</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">where the winds are sharp</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">and blow like driven nails,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">where the coldest waters rise</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">relentlessly, the spray not fresh</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">but threatening?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Before this rising tide we look wildly</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">everywhere for help,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">everywhere for solace,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">everywhere for a single rope</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">to safety—</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">though over time</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">our looking quiets</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">as we begin to drown.</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">And then we look for all those</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">we have lost,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">both longing and resisting</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">their ghosted hands—</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">we fight to the last,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">even weakened unto stillness,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">for the self we’ve lost,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">the life we once hoped for</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">the love we once wanted.</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">Who will come and find us,</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">hold us, love us—</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class="">who will stand with us out here?</span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font color="#020202" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(2, 2, 2);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Kalia Mussetter</span></font></div></div></div></body></html>