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Your real language Lives where you least want it And has its own mouth Your real language Is one of distance That tires you before You even took the first step Your real language Is one of fatigue you resist Barrel through Slither around Before you ever let her Speak to you in gravity Your real language Is one of avoiding The very thing That still breathes only So it might one day Have you back Your real language Is one of grief For having insisted That all this struggle Will win you something You were never meant to earn Your real language Is one of rage For having bent So elegantly out of shape Everyone mistook Your absence for flexibility Your real language Is one of discomfort That achingly faithful friend That never stops trying To catch you up With yourself Your real language Is one of slowing down Enough to let it all find you Finding your own breath amid Voices that still believe You can only keep running Your real language Is one of thawing For the first time since Ice age descended To keep you alive enough For the day you're able To love the consequences Of your own stubborn And undeniable pulse Your real language Is one of saturation With waters ****** and ancient That carry spiral time All the time ever afforded To meet yourself whole
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Feb 14
Feb 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
Where you least want it
Your real language Lives where you least want it And has its own mouth Your real language Is one of distance That tires you before You even took the first step Your real language Is one of fatigue you resist Barrel through Slither around Before you ever let her Speak to you in gravity Your real language Is one of avoiding The very thing That still breathes only So it might one day Have you back Your real language Is one of grief For having insisted That all this struggle Will win you something You were never meant to earn Your real language Is one of rage For having bent So elegantly out of shape Everyone mistook Your absence for flexibility Your real language Is one of discomfort That achingly faithful friend That never stops trying To catch you up With yourself Your real language Is one of slowing down Enough to let it all find you Finding your own breath amid Voices that still believe You can only keep running Your real language Is one of thawing For the first time since Ice age descended To keep you alive enough For the day you're able To love the consequences Of your own stubborn And undeniable pulse Your real language Is one of saturation With waters ****** and ancient That carry spiral time All the time ever afforded To meet yourself whole
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45/F/Serbia
Feb 14
Feb 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC
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