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Jun 17
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What I truly feel
doesn’t survive the telling.

It breaks
on the edge of language…
leaving only
a softened version
for others to understand.

while the real thing
keeps burning quietly
where no words can reach.

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Some truths are not spoken - they are endured in silence.
Cadmus
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Cadmus  Earth, briefly.
(Earth, briefly.)   
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