masochistic martyrs made

Erosion of bone

Given all that we could hold

Revisions of home

Self deluding self

Masochistic martyrs made

Killing to feel guilt

Knowing what we are

Identifying a need

Simplifying life

Presence in chaos

Expectations whirling by

Dreaming of the wind

Doubting consciousness

Given energy to rocks

They know what we are

Pain of existence

Vortices of nothingness

Egos crafting shields

Love and gratitude

What we feel is what we know

Do the things you are

Knowing in reverse

Bioarchaeology

Tracing mutagens

Distance versus time

Spaces between memories

Traveling in us

Interstitial space

Frozen but slowly thawing

Yielding minerals

Chaosticity

Given what we never earned

Earning what we know

May we find our truths

May we disengage from fear

May we dream in peace

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