to write it out

poetsarah
poetsarah
Nov 8 · 1 min read
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i have to write it out

nothing is fixed by this exercise
much like a piano
the notes
the words
belong to themselves
inhabit their own
fulfill themselves
complete themselves
become more than themselves
unknowingly
alchemy
weaving fingers on a keyboard
making something
out of
painful
fragments
rising
surfacing
a splinter
relieved

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poetsarah

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