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pepper-watts

pepper-watts

I wake up early to catch that fleeting glimpse / of a day untainted by the permanence of past tense. / / Paralyzed by the splendor of its potential; / I hesitate and fade away.

day sense life state forget existence eyes find sea ignorance time remain doubt memory soul years desperately brother living content days inherit pain knew thoughts thought lost step chance constantly limited unfamiliar fall blue sun filled full understanding bliss breathe dismay grief times man attempt wind wound course expectations greater sin side woes energy idea thing driving wanted keep purpose feet story stuck unknown final chasing future vacant tide forced potential willful pausing scattered fear envy based trees view wonder blame instant resides barely wake hoping infinite rest mistakes love death real birth unique perpetual strife facing lose exposed lips memories horizon silence dreaming start scope sifting taste fellow exist peace smell meaning relieve people fabricated founded sunk hate reasoning issues shattered glimpse ego opportunities atlas worth sinking division breathing song compassion telling bringing drag tear loneliness debunked solution travels quick unaware fence phones pulse refusing strung cost perspective haiku