i will not start with a question
2025-07-16
i will start with a deep breath
exhale very slowly
then take a new one
this time feeling more intensely
what enters
what lingers
what lingers is what has been
and what has been is
well i do not know
it has been many manner of things
some unspeakable
though i'm a writer, it's my job to put a light on all that's casted
but you wouldn't believe what i tasted
i won't test my tasker
but dip gracefully to the waters i dipped
but i will do it for the first time
even if i've done it a hundred times
i don't know what to say
weight of it no longer weighs
weight of it no longer hurts
i remain submerged
i remain submerged not forgotten
rotten became food i'm a spotter
i don't know how to conclude
this feud brewed for many moons
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