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Closer

The sky resembles the robin's eggshells

scattered across the ground,

 

a blue so seemingly infinite yet fragile,

cracks running between understanding and madness

complementing each other

 

as divine truths in their own right

to conquer my mind,

to unhinge the doors,

making it unnecessary to pick rusted locks

 

letting thoughts fly free,

releasing love out into the horizon.

 

If frozen within caged snapshots of mildewed expectations,

it will surely die,

but even so,

I was willing to strangle it by holding on too tightly.

 

Until I saw the sky and eggshells today

 

 

Peppered clouds reflected on the water,

paralleling speckles on the eggshells,

remind me of the freckles on your face.

 

We need to be wide-open-free,

we need to fly,

without focusing too hard on shells of yesterdays.

 

We need to unclench our fists,

unclench our tongues,

explore the vast blue peppered sky

on wings of letting go....

 

so that we can once again feel with purity,

so that we can hold each other ever closer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05.24.12

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