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Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted much in the past couple weeks. Here is a poem I wrote recently.

breathing
i take my pen
and write a verse in
a flow of words that
come together in
my mind like
water satisfies
a glowing flame

whispering
i can form my feelings
into imperfect shapes
like wet clay
molding onto my paper
the expressed tears
and the sorrows
and the happiness
that consume me

speaking
to myself in rhythms
that move and sway
like aching sobs
that take over my body
like sparkling laughter
that uplifts my soul
the only music
that matters to me now

declaring
in desperate hope
that the goal of my heart
has not been in vain
to my knowledge
and the questioning
of my judgement not
so serious that i am left
to crumble like dry bread

screaming
i reach with my arm
toward Heaven
and proclaim that
i am stronger and that
my words aren't worthless
just because the sky itself
has many days of rain
that pour out its sadness

expressing
my life in bits and pieces
that i can't ever truly describe
and not even the closest
could even know or understand
how fallen my mind is here
on the floor with eyes closing
strangled like a thirst unquenched
alone like a secret revealed

knowing
how far life takes you on wings
made of wax and feathers
and feeling your heart
melt against your fingertips
and puddle at your feet
taking on a form only
worthy enough for life itself
to step all over and feel slight remorse

holding
onto something else
that let go of you
is nothing more than a pity
and a shameful reason to cry
and wish for other things
wishes only God can grant
wishes you really don't want granted
but you can't push away

understanding
that a candle cannot light again
after the heart is burned away
after the fragrance has left the air
after the tears that once so quietly
ran down its sides
have reached the floor
and have come together like
someone silently gathering thoughts

believing
that everything is real around me
this carpet soft beneath my feet
this light warm from my window
this heart beating inside my body
my lungs filling with surrounding air
my mind filling with intense perception
my soul radiating a glow of fullness
as well as barren emptiness

breathing
just breathing into nothing.