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“Let Them Show You Everything”
Do not attach yourself to what you perceive in fragments. — Do not build permanence out of moments designed to move.
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The echo fades, the final note…
The echo fades, the final note has played, — The symphony concludes, its music hushed.
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The tide recedes, leaving the shells…
The tide recedes, leaving the shells behind, — The footprints vanish on the dampened sand.
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The inkwell's dry, the quill lies…
The inkwell's dry, the quill lies stiff and cold, — The ink-stained fingers ache with memories past.
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The door slams shut, a final,…
The door slams shut, a final, hollow sound, — The dust motes dance where laughter used to be.
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Escaping Toxic Systems
The maze of wires, the tangled thread, — That kept my spirit trapped and dread.
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No-Contact
A silent door, a lock of steel, — To mend a spirit, bruised and real.
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Boundaries
A fence I built, of sturdy stone, — To guard a garden I had sown.
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The fence is high, The weeds…
The fence is high, — The weeds grow deep.
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In a house where the South…
In a house where the South held its slow-burn heat, — an 80s child learned the glow of Atari screens,
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The Family I Thought Knew
The family I thought would always love me — turned out to be nothing but a disguise.
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