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Feb 11
poem 2 comments challenge: WHO-Contest
Love to write

If We All Refused to Swallow Darkness

Last night I was a bird. 

I remember flying over my best friend's room. 
I saw his eyes staring through his ceiling at me. 

I remember seeing my sister's face
and her hand waving, waving. 

I remember feeling split.
Like I was someone else,
as if I had never been anything other than a ghost. 

When I awoke I was sinking. 
My tangled sheets reminded me of ocean waves
or a pot boiling over. 

Who do I love? 
Who do I want to be?
Why do we crawl towards the light
like it is the only choice we have? 

When I was younger the world was my sky. 
I never fell asleep afraid of my own eyes. 

Why do we throw bricks
into our own abandoned buildings? 

I want to be someone who remembers
or laughs without trying
or both. 

I want to wake after a dream and know that I've flown. 
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Posted: 02.11.20
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  1. Nightheart
    Feb 11, 2020

    I love this poem! It is abstract enough that we have to think about it, but also concrete enough that we have something to think about. I would really recommend doing maybe a rewrite and seeing if you could extend it, because I feel like you could really make this into something longer! Thanks so much for posting!
    -Nightheart

    "remember, we are infinite"

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  1. Love to write
    Feb 12, 2020

    Thank you for the comment and suggestion! I'll definitely think about expanding it!

    Life is not a paragraph.

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