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%u2018Just write what you feel%u201915The Year of Goin%u2019 Through ItThe year of goin%u2019 through itwas birthed on a potholedhighway, a stretch of roadwith no horizon.Today%u2019s word is scared.Dread so exquisite, sosudden%u2014immaculateconception in the depthsof my chest.Then the panic, raggedat the edges and barelycontained%u2014I worried the cause,one fist clench away.In the year of goin%u2019 through itmy mind sent a missilewith a message for my heart:%u2018There%u2019s no pointin beating much longer.%u2019Today%u2019s word is numb.For a while the missile wonbut then I searched the wreckage.Today%u2019s word is safe.Today%u2019s word is calm.Today%u2019s word is trust.It was words that got me through,the year of goin%u2019 through it.