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Caption: this is meant for you,
and only you DEAREST SELF
Picture
Caption: you may not remember this
this very moment
or the moments that led up to it
but at one point
it was all you could think about
Picture
Picture
Caption: it was like a kiss from a breeze
the touch of a song
the whisper of a memory
Picture
Picture
Caption: but you must know
there was so much
that had occured
that it is quite impossible
to describe
in simple short words
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Picture
Caption: with the prettiest of lights
Picture
Picture
Caption: the cascading of skies
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Picture
Caption: and the sheen of glass
Picture
Picture
Caption: it was truly a sight to behold
Picture
Picture
Caption: the ticking of time
what a foreboding feeling that is
as if anything and everything
would drip off your fingers
like sand in an hourglass
and you're so desperately trying to hold on
to something you know is already lost
Picture
Picture
Caption: that is what it felt like
counting down the days
to go back to something you called home
yet never wanting to leave
the circus of dreams
Picture
Picture
Caption: there were times
when tasks felt as daunting
as climbing a fortress
Picture
Picture
Caption: or there were
unforeseen circumstances
that popped up
like a sly weasel
and you simply did not know
what to do
Picture
Picture
Caption: yet others felt as familiar
as riding a bike
one that was from
the recesses of childhood memories
the images and sounds and feelings
resurfacing
one by one
each spilling out lines forming letters forming phrases
until, all at once
it becomes a solid sentence
and you break through the sky
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Picture
Caption: and there were even moments
where the most familiar of remembrances
were different
from what was playing out
times where you thought you knew what you knew
were completely flipped up and over
and splashes of something fresh
reminded you that
nothing is ever as it seems
Picture
Picture
Caption: the blushing bricks
red and orange
reminded me of such innocence
like layers of paint
peeled back one by one
to reveal
a barefaced beauty
waiting to be unmasked
and shining like nothing
ever seen before
an ever-evolving
monster
Picture
Picture
Caption: yet this blinding
beauty
is unable to receive
the proper cultivation
the attention
it oh-so-desires
you
and many others
must know
must remember
to look at the larger picture
to take note of the little details
the points that make
this gift
truly yours
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Picture
Caption: and when what was once
a dreaded endeavour
came to an end
the warm blush
blended to a violet sheen
and you realised that
truly
it can be quite impossible
to understand yourself
Picture
Caption: open yourself and
share your gold YOURS TRULY