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A c a t a l e p s y
(n. the idea that it is impossible to truly comprehend anything.
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what is stronger
than the human heart
which shatters over and over
and still lives.
– Rupi Kaur
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a poem I wrote when I was 18.
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I have been alive for
18 years
216 months
6,786 days
and if there is one thing I learnt
it is that
nothing
lasts forever.
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it happened first when
I was eight years old
and I saw my best friend wither away
to a make-shift being
and fly away
from me
tell me
how does it feel
looking at someone who meant
so much
who saw
too much
who you invested
too much
of yourself into
only to turn away
and pretend that nothing ever happened
between you two
and just like history
your stories turn to dust and wind.
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when I was ten
my mother whispered to me
I love your father, and he loves me
how was I supposed to believe that when
his voice shattered our ceiling
YOU ARE READING
Meraki
Poesíaplease treat this book gently because it is here that i allow my deepest most sacred parts of my heart to run loose.
