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Stay the course, dear one. Feet deep in the soil, cool grit between the toes. Hands rustling the leaves. Lungs expanded around your steady beating,
Always clean. How I wanted this moment! You’re the spitting image of the dream in my hands — I’m still holding! — blessed by spirits in sunlight.
Forever is a fool’s errand, but it’s in your blood to keep pace with time. When clouds drift over town, start drifting. When the tide
Ebbs, flows, be malleable. Cave mouths, cicadas, cobblestone streets, minds, souls, collected like rainwater in the basin. I left some of myself behind. It’s yours.