a reflection of a reflection / what is the body
& is there a voice to be traced back / from an echo?
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concrete poured / concealing a phantom / layer after layer
it’s not the changing of the mind when breaking the walls
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more like the making up the mind / deciding to peel away the skins / delicately
to honor the self / entirely / openly
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more like spray painting a promise to feel alive / with all the complexity
to be human is to be complex / but it depends
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on the perspective / on the distance / & it’s closing
closer / closer / even closer / so close it’s liberation
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& what emerges from a clouded existence,
what shape is worked around the exhale?