manual for the wound
falling again again..
This is part 1. part 2 will be out tomorrow, followed by part 3 and part 4.
sit with the splinter
until it names itself.
do not polish the ache
into a lesson.
let the room stay dark.
listen for the hinge
that closes.
if another door appears
it will be because
we built it after mourning.
do not
inventory the damage.
do not
make a museum
of what touched you.
build nothing.
mourn nothing.
let the wound breathe
its own language,
neither hello nor goodbye.
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