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hannah 3h
Often, I find a rift—
where snow and ash entangle and blanket as if to comfort,
despite their sting.
They are to each other as the goby fish clings to its home
and a forsaken child howls to their mother.
Single-sided symbiosis.
A parasite.

Often, I find a rift—
a place where lie the imperfections from our perspective,
the kind that create eternal suffering,
lest we find peace within.
This peace is not passive acceptance,
but active understanding:
that each rift does not mirror another.
It mirrors oneself.
hannah 1d
The painting is blurred
Shades of color
Speak to me
Call to me
“Look at me”

My eyes are open
Yet I can’t see
The shades of color
Direct me
Warn me
Protect me

My eyes are open,
The painting is blurred
hannah 2d
It is all-encompassing —
The ocean.
Its depths crush your soul,
Its shallows gently rock.


It will swallow you whole,
Keep you cold,
Release you when the sun is up.
hannah 3d
In 2017
I was fifteen
I had a woman DM me
On HelloPoetry

“Stop writing poems
about unrequited love.
Write about real love
and the pain of it.”

And oh, it’s “Just a thought,”.

In 2017,
My mother and brother left me
Fallen into the hands
Of the unknown eternity.
My love unrequited,
Was all it would ever be.

So, to the woman who DM’d me
In 2017
I hope you are happy
My brain was a calamity
Yet you silenced me
Thanks Gwendolyn
hannah 4d
I,
I
I am
I am me
I am the collective
I am my mother’s laugh
I am my father’s forgiveness
I am my brother’s wish
I am my sister’s soul
I am my pride
I am my ego
I am me
I am
I
hannah 5d
The rope runs
Over my wrists
Soft like
Silk
Heavy like
The sun

It’s tied me down
To a flimsy little post
That wouldn't hold
Even a feather

Of the bird
That so desperately
Tries and tries and tries
To fly away
hannah 6d
Open circle
                                                  Chase your tail
Round and round



Round and round
                                               Open circle
   Chase your tail



Chase your tail
                                                  Round and round,
  Open circle.
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