โ˜
      T H แ—ด R แ—ด           ๐™ธ ๐š‚    
                  ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
            โ„๏ธŽ โ„๏ธŽ โ„๏ธŽ buried ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™             the s n o w
  โŸด   i t   h a d    a n a m e    once  
      โ˜“ now it is just a           flicker-in-breath
            โŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒโŒ
            a  ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•”๐•–?          literal / no / but also          carved
           โ—ฌ โ—ฌ โ—ฌ          into   m e m o r y โŠš
              the walls hum         they do not echo
                              they
                                 โ›exhaleโœ
            / a chair /          asleep        inside its own outline
            โšญ     breath is no longer a visitor
                         it is the wallpaper itself
                        peeling     inward         like        regret
     โ˜’           โ˜’           โ˜’
        i ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง      at the door
                    out of breath
             coughing up                 static
                         a ๐••๐• ๐•˜ is there
                       black     chained
                foaming
              like a prayer          left too long
        โœž         and still              i opened
                          the stench:         โชป unwriteable โชผ
             ๐““๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฑ's       ๐“ž๐“ต๐“ญ        ๐“—๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ
              something dead ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ smiling
                          like it knew iโ€™d return
i hold        (on)
         not to loveโ€”
   but to            g r i t
         the way a jaw locks         before it breaks
     โœ–๏ธŽ          โฌ can i be there โญ          โœ–๏ธŽ
              โฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต โฑ
                 i pleaded
                         with nothing
                     โŒฟ it answered in mirrors
                                  no words
                            just the tremor
                      of a shape     not touching      me
       ๐–ค     pessimism            is          divinity     ๐–ค
              abstraction, no longer gentle
                  now just            slashes on skin
                  forgotten,         forgiven        by no one
       โ—‰
               i yearn for  
                      what cannot
                             be    mended
              because mending   is forgetting
         and ๐™ž ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™ž๐™š
                  than forget
            the sound             of you leaving
         โˆž
                     you wonโ€™t read this
                     not really
                     youโ€™ll only feel
                         the shape
                             it left in me
                    and that           is the only thing that matters
                โŸ     i love you     โŸ
              not sweetly
                  not wholly
                     not rightly
              i love you
              like a last breath
               โ€”held until the ribs
                        **crack**
     ๐“†ฉ        ๐™ ๐™„ ๐™‰ ๐˜ฟ     ๐™ˆ ๐™€         ๐“†ช
                 not in heaven
                 not in books
                 not in time
                         but where the floor fades
                            and i remain
                          holding onto you
            (        โ†“        )
         (             ๐•“๐•–๐•๐• ๐•จ            )
   (                       ๐•“๐•–๐•๐• ๐•จ                      )
(       where it ends.       )
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