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i am a storm raging
life with
hurricane eyes that'll
wash you with waves until you're sluggish and drowning from
the inside
out / until all the water in your body
has turned primarily to
salt and
you won't be able to shout without
coughing up a spout of
tides but
really you won't mind because
it'll be cleansing you and
you've had a burning in the (fire)pit of your chest
for so long that
you'll just be happy
something's finally putting it out
(you never wanted to admit i could help you
but you won't push me away and
there's no going back now)

i am thunderstorms that
split trees till their
bark isn't even worse than their
nonexistent bite anymore but
i grow sunflowers in my chest that make you forget
i could ever destroy anything because
i'm a
cut-down-one-plant-two
kinda gardener;
i'll suck the life out of you
but make sure by the time you leave
you'll be feeling more 
rejuvenated than
you could've ever possibly believed
was in your reach

(sometimes drowning
isn't all too bad)
NaPoWriMo day 22

and then i learned that
drowning
was the only hope i had ever had
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AgainstAllThoughts's avatar
Goodness, that imagery is intoxicating! I love the word play with the bark :heart: