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I reach out
Outside of myself
Perching tentatively
Exposed and waiting

I offer my words, my thoughts
A sacrifice of sorts
To be picked down to the bone
My flesh turned carrion

I read up
On what separates us
The thing that is us
If we let it be

Fear is the crux
In the depths
Our shame lies
To us

Loosen the chains
Taste that freedom
There is power
In unrestraint

Nothing will
Hold me back
I unconditionally
Love

Myself

Aftermath

Aftermath

I am crushed, crashing
Dismembered, disintegrating
Choked out by the death that surrounds me
Death surrounds us, drowns us

I fight
To feel
The risks of vulnerability
are too real

The rawness
Challenges me
Greatly
Ignorance is bliss

The loss, the lack
The gravity tears me down
Breaks me apart
Swallows me whole

I am slipping away
Sliding into the void
Hearing the stories of
Pain be told

I go about my day
In it's hollowness
I hear the echos,
Cries for help

I need a soul cleansing
I need to heal, make whole, make sense
Mostly, I need to feel, be real
The ache, the angst, the helplessness

So it sit still, I slow
The truth washes over me
Cold and bitter
I accept it

Then, I love harder
I love deeper
I love stronger

I love you.