NOT ME

Even close enough

to share the same air,

she is beautiful. He

is perfection.

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I want to stumble back

into a past where

this rich color

passed unseen, my mind

intent on the dirt,

the travels of worms

and the skipping of rocks.

Intent on holding the Earth

instead of fearing

the mirror of others.