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Weathered Writings

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Free Things

Is this some type of love

or is it only beautiful

in the way things are

when they can never

really be yours?

The way you can’t help

but want to capture

a free thing and

keep it for yourself

Some things can only

exist as an idea

but I think I want to

keep this one

for a little while,

hold it under my

tongue and

only remember

how sweet

it tasted

and forget

everything else

Maybe I won’t

accidentally strangle

the beautiful thing again

because I don’t know how

to unclench my fist

But I’m scared I’ve forgotten

how to feel anything

other than fear

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“I am both worse and better than you thought.”

Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

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