the unbearable weight
of still feeling these
things, of feeling the
pain of a stranger's
voice scorching
your skin, of
misspelling
important words
when you thought
you never would.
my bed is full
of pieces of my life
i thought i threw away,
hid in ashtrays or tossed
out the third-floor window.
they come back in the form
of small things that itch, scratch.
the words still make me tender,
still make me ache, still hold me
underwater and naked and slick.
my body is a warzone
from a country i never saw.
i try to hold this alien grief
slow, gentle, in my palms.
i hold all the weight of
sky and forgotten dreams
on my shoulders, in my
eyes and in the words.
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