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how to begin again

as one, together

we can’t fully embrace each others realities

if we choose not to remember, such a beautiful lie

nonetheless

we can learn to humbly show the truths hidden in tall tales

we can acknowledge the need for emancipation

and not be defeated by these missteps

nevertheless

maybe in our implicit prayers

maybe in our silent testimony

we can choose to be a little more

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I wonder sometimes if I can find somewhere you don’t exist how I have lived
are in these moments
only I will remember
always trying to make it to dawn
without disappearing into empty dreams always trying
to fly far away
without crippled wings always trying to soothe this thirsty soul without losing myself
and I wonder sometimes if time has stopped for you too

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I would still choose you
never minded being your mistake
the perception of their greed
the sounds of their madness their disregard of our hearts
these thoughts born from their words
without ever knowing how we loved

I will still be standing here
defiantly dreaming under this purple sky
knowing its someone else’s shade every moment you were in
captured this beautiful lie these memories can be your home
framing our brief existence in your mind
I will always still love you