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The Crossing — Moving Beyond
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The Crossing

Moving Beyond

Escaping harmful systems and reclaiming identity.

13 pieces

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poem · 3 min read

“Let Them Show You Everything”

Do not attach yourself to what you perceive in fragments. — Do not build permanence out of moments designed to move.

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poem · 1 min

If I no longer speak to…

If I no longer speak to you directly, consider yourself dead to me. Let my silence be the ending, and have the wisdom to leave it there. — Do not mistake my ab…

poem · 3 min

**Blueprint**

You ever wonder... — if a mind can be returned to its owner?

poem · 1 min

The echo fades, the final note…

The echo fades, the final note has played, — The symphony concludes, its music hushed.

poem · 1 min

The tide recedes, leaving the shells…

The tide recedes, leaving the shells behind, — The footprints vanish on the dampened sand.

poem · 1 min

The inkwell's dry, the quill lies…

The inkwell's dry, the quill lies stiff and cold, — The ink-stained fingers ache with memories past.

poem · 1 min

The door slams shut, a final,…

The door slams shut, a final, hollow sound, — The dust motes dance where laughter used to be.

poem · 1 min

Escaping Toxic Systems

The maze of wires, the tangled thread, — That kept my spirit trapped and dread.

poem · 1 min

No-Contact

A silent door, a lock of steel, — To mend a spirit, bruised and real.

poem · 1 min

Boundaries

A fence I built, of sturdy stone, — To guard a garden I had sown.

poem · 2 min

The fence is high, The weeds…

The fence is high, — The weeds grow deep.

poem · 3 min

In a house where the South…

In a house where the South held its slow-burn heat, — an 80s child learned the glow of Atari screens,

poem · 1 min

The Family I Thought Knew

The family I thought would always love me — turned out to be nothing but a disguise.

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