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Here You Are Becoming

BJ Dawson
The Lark
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Jul 29, 2022
Photo by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-in-brown-shirt-writing-on-white-paper-3778786/

Here you are,
becoming,
though I know not your origin,
you are arriving all the same,

unsure, nebulous,
and yet, as you are seen,
you are strung across this field of nothing,
painting in scribbles
that become ideas
that must be reshaped
and sheared

as creation must yield to composition,
knowing nothing but the growing
before the pruning along this vine,

this undefined branching skyward
as roots dig deeper, blindly
rooting this nothing,
seeking something,
finding solace in the act;

ah but who is seeking
and what is being sought;

who is thinking and
what is being thought
as you become
whatever’s becoming
of this page?

©2022 Barry Dawson Jr. IV — All rights reserved

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The Lark
The Lark

Published in The Lark

The Lark Publication shares fictional short stories and poetry

BJ Dawson
BJ Dawson

Written by BJ Dawson

Medium Top Procrastinator. Guilty of writing under the influence. No, I’m not upset. My face always looks this way. INTP https://cosmicrubble.com/

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