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What does your body want you to promise it?
My body?
It wants a lot,
I can tell you that much
but what I think it wants most
from my own heart, my own words
is for me to promise,
promise to drop that blade
untie the noose
cut those strings
and live freely
instead of simply surviving
faded ferry
May 3
May 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC