Residue

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Count the residue on my fingers.
The droplets look translucent yet
they used to be a storm.

I never claimed sunny days forever;
happiness and peace were merely
ideas we clung onto—
what is left afterwards?
A telephone pole where the messages
never end.

I eventually decided
to cut communication.
Never again will I rewire
something so beautiful.
I don't need it;
I only need its meaning.
What will happen after I reached my journey's peak?
I'll count the residue on my fingers
and infuse the droplets with history.

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