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I’ve tried to discover secrets But I am not tall enough to swim In some parts of my heart And the universe is under construction But they won’t say when it opens And the most radical things I have found That I can possibly say to you are: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying. A mantra, a chant, a benediction? Definitions are only important for the dictionary Tomorrow checks out of the library, Because the Present cannot read So it does not care for words written On spongy walls in the dead of night. The present cares about the decorations Of space called actions and whether They match the aesthetic And I don’t know if mine do but: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying If you hear echoes and they are the same hue As you knew me to be, and you wonder If they are shockwaves from the time I jumped headfirst into the shallow end Of a sunny day trying to find words That would mean something to you, I hope they have not been distorted beyond The ability to make out My heart desperately beating in its staccato: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying Because I am weak I am small I am struggling And many days I am dying, But I love you, I’m sorry, And I’m trying.
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Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021 at 10:19 PM UTC
I’m trying
I’ve tried to discover secrets But I am not tall enough to swim In some parts of my heart And the universe is under construction But they won’t say when it opens And the most radical things I have found That I can possibly say to you are: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying. A mantra, a chant, a benediction? Definitions are only important for the dictionary Tomorrow checks out of the library, Because the Present cannot read So it does not care for words written On spongy walls in the dead of night. The present cares about the decorations Of space called actions and whether They match the aesthetic And I don’t know if mine do but: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying If you hear echoes and they are the same hue As you knew me to be, and you wonder If they are shockwaves from the time I jumped headfirst into the shallow end Of a sunny day trying to find words That would mean something to you, I hope they have not been distorted beyond The ability to make out My heart desperately beating in its staccato: I love you, I’m sorry, I’m trying Because I am weak I am small I am struggling And many days I am dying, But I love you, I’m sorry, And I’m trying.
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Apr 28, 2021
Apr 28, 2021 at 10:19 PM UTC
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