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Midnightmusex

18 Poems for the sleepless, the broken, the ones who lean into fire.

why own myself only mother folds language lean stay soften hold healing silence being think enough save does still burn fire nothing heat breathing flame word inheritance start mothering because learn wipe tears voice begged becoming replacement hear tone anger pauses sharpness speak without thinking hate every sound terrified slowly turning thing broke believe change loving harder quieter better survived tell daughters meant mothers carry hope responsibility hurt admit love learning proof came learned cost wait waits gaps between breaths lives suddenly tongue curls around spine licks memory feel easy forget name shadows crawl upward descend same someone pressed pause stepped inside air whispers ash waiting wanting tastes loss something sweeter reach surface touch depth infinite beginning end folding smoke desire quiet remembers ever hands flee eyes close hearts betray themselves everything world exhale finally