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Sharks can't swim backwards, they can only move forward. But forward is a circle and they'll never know. We buried you in cherry under the juniper tree, and with God as my enemy, God isn't there.
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 5:27 PM UTC
9/2/17
Sharks can't swim backwards, they can only move forward. But forward is a circle and they'll never know. We buried you in cherry under the juniper tree, and with God as my enemy, God isn't there.
I tried to write a song after my baby brother died, but to no avail. The drought continues. I've been doing a lot of reckoning with my spirituality since then.
#death#baby#juniper#tree#sharks#mourning#funeral#loss#grief#god
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Nov 20, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 at 5:27 PM UTC
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