dark points

the hollowness consumes me

the nothingness swallows me up

there is a pain in the air

and I crush down,

concealing my soul with loss

and filling my bricks with concrete

as I build my walls,

my temporary backup

for days with no light,

I stretch out my sorrow

to keep me warm

without my kin,

a part of my blood

I watch the time pass by

with ruthless turns,

making everything slower

as it speeds up,

loss surrounds my being

it digs through,

I can no longer stop

and stand my ground,

because my deepest sorrow

has finally caught up,

it slips through my cracks

as I hoped I had none,

an armor strengthened

with layers

that I added over the years,

I thought I was stronger

that my denial would last

my greatest power

and my biggest fail,

now the pain surrounds

my shoulders

covered with a soft shawl

that weighs me down with stones,

yet I need it to heal my wounds

because going forward

requires life,

the one

that you go through

with a beating heart

and one day at a time

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"may we meet again"

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