I celebrate the sun
A sweet warm yellow
That dawns on my cheeks
Harvested from the
Fertile fields of infinity
Ancient stardust sprinkled
Over the wet sand

I celebrate the waves
The shrieking birds and city
Sprawling at my back
I celebrate the song
Of my time-worn body
Tumbling like a leaf
In a time-worn world
Coming and going
As might please it
To come and go

I celebrate this

Life telescoped into a fraction
Of its expanding breadth
As though someone said
"To see a world
In a grain of sand"
To which I'd say
And to celebrate it
To celebrate it
No other time than now

Hiding feelings has become normal
putting on this mask of a fake smile
crying silently at night into a pillow
always feeling like the issue

The deep shall
Always go deeper
All the way down
Without a trace...

Spirit attempts to wax brighter
In a symphony of perpetual grace

Love does not extinguish it's own flame
That's the ego playing it's foolish games

A Poet don't complain
Nor bear a bitter heart
The gift of acceptance
Is discovered in our art

So take some deep breaths
And think about thinking
Get beyond the past
And you will quit sinking!

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🇩‌🇴‌🇳‌’🇹‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇪‌🇻‌🇪‌🇳‌ 🇩‌🇦‌🇷‌🇪‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇮‌🇳‌🇰‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇦‌🇹‌
🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇩‌🇪‌🇸‌🇪‌🇷‌🇻‌🇪‌🇩‌ 🇦‌🇳‌ 🇮‌🇳‌🇫‌🇮‌🇳‌🇮‌🇹‌🇪‌ 🇱‌🇴‌🇻‌🇪‌
🇫‌🇷‌🇴‌🇲‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇴‌🇸‌🇪‌ 🇵‌🇪‌🇴‌🇵‌🇱‌🇪‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇭‌🇴‌🇱‌🇩‌ 🇴‌🇳‌ 🇹‌🇴‌🇴‌ 🇩‌🇪‌🇦‌🇷‌🇱‌🇾‌
🇮‌🇹‌ 🇮‌🇸‌ 🇮‌🇳‌🇪‌🇻‌🇮‌🇹‌🇦‌🇧‌🇱‌🇪‌ 🇦‌🇸‌ 🇹‌🇮‌🇲‌🇪‌ 🇦‌🇱‌🇼‌🇦‌🇾‌🇸‌ 🇵‌🇪‌🇷‌🇲‌🇮‌🇹‌🇸‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇦‌🇹‌
🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇼‌🇮‌🇱‌🇱‌ 🇳‌🇪‌🇻‌🇪‌🇷‌ 🇫‌🇮‌🇳‌🇩‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌🇷‌ 🇵‌🇱‌🇦‌🇨‌🇪‌ 🇮‌🇳‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇮‌🇸‌ 🇬‌🇴‌🇩‌🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌🇸‌🇦‌🇰‌🇪‌🇳‌ 🇼‌🇴‌🇷‌🇱‌🇩‌
🇧‌🇪‌🇨‌🇦‌🇺‌🇸‌🇪‌ 🇭‌🇴‌🇲‌🇪‌ 🇮‌🇸‌ 🇦‌ 🇵‌🇪‌🇷‌🇸‌🇴‌🇳‌, 🇮‌ 🇩‌🇮‌🇸‌🇦‌🇬‌🇷‌🇪‌🇪‌ 🇼‌🇮‌🇹‌🇭‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇪‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇴‌🇺‌🇬‌🇭‌🇹‌ 🇴‌🇫‌
🇹‌🇭‌🇪‌ 🇫‌🇪‌🇼‌ 🇸‌🇴‌🇺‌🇱‌🇸‌ 🇼‌🇮‌🇱‌🇱‌ 🇺‌🇳‌🇩‌🇪‌🇷‌🇸‌🇹‌🇦‌🇳‌🇩‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌🇷‌ 🇨‌🇴‌🇲‌🇵‌🇱‌🇪‌🇽‌🇮‌🇹‌🇾‌
🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇸‌🇪‌🇪‌🇰‌ 🇨‌🇴‌🇲‌🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌🇹‌ 🇮‌🇳‌ 🇲‌🇪‌🇱‌🇦‌🇳‌🇨‌🇭‌🇴‌🇱‌🇮‌🇦‌
🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌ 🇹‌🇦‌🇰‌🇪‌ 🇷‌🇪‌🇫‌🇺‌🇬‌🇪‌ 🇮‌🇳‌ 🇸‌🇴‌🇱‌🇮‌🇹‌🇺‌🇩‌🇪‌
🇮‌ 🇸‌🇭‌🇦‌🇷‌🇪‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇪‌ 🇸‌🇦‌🇲‌🇪‌ 🇸‌🇪‌🇳‌🇹‌🇮‌🇲‌🇪‌🇳‌🇹‌🇸‌ 🇼‌🇮‌🇹‌🇭‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌  
🇦‌🇳‌🇩‌ 🇧‌🇪‌🇮‌🇳‌🇬‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌🇬‌🇴‌🇹‌🇹‌🇪‌🇳‌ 🇮‌🇸‌ 🇦‌ 🇼‌🇴‌🇷‌🇸‌🇪‌ 🇼‌🇦‌🇾‌ 🇹‌🇴‌ 🇱‌🇮‌🇻‌🇪‌
🇧‌🇺‌🇹‌ 🇩‌🇪‌🇦‌🇹‌🇭‌ 🇮‌🇸‌ 🇳‌🇴‌🇹‌ 🇼‌🇭‌🇦‌🇹‌ 🇼‌🇪‌ 🇦‌🇱‌🇱‌ 🇫‌🇪‌🇦‌🇷‌🇪‌🇩‌
🇼‌🇭‌🇪‌🇳‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇦‌🇹‌ 🇭‌🇪‌🇦‌🇷‌🇹‌ 🇴‌🇫‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌🇷‌🇸‌ 🇸‌🇪‌‌🇪‌‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇪‌ 🇧‌🇪‌🇦‌🇺‌🇹‌🇾‌ 🇮‌🇳‌ 🇦‌🇱‌🇱‌ 🇫‌🇴‌🇷‌🇲‌🇸‌
🇼‌🇮‌🇱‌🇱‌ 🇮‌ 🇪‌🇻‌🇪‌🇷‌ 🇷‌🇪‌🇨‌🇴‌🇬‌🇳‌🇮‌🇿‌🇪‌ 🇹‌🇭‌🇪‌ 🇧‌🇪‌🇦‌🇸‌🇹‌ 🇮‌🇳‌🇸‌🇮‌🇩‌🇪‌ 🇴‌🇫‌ 🇾‌🇴‌🇺‌?

I built a fortress for my soul
a place where no one else can go
to keep me safe from everyone
a place where I can be alone

but now that no one else is here
I am alone with all my fear
and in my fortress where I hide
there is a monster
deep inside

introspection is
indeed an illness, and I
a sickly woman