look, the salt and soil, the bark and fading light, it’s a place I know and loved but a stranger all the same. I’ve shook its hand and felt its love, introduced myself but knew not who or what or where I was. forgetting is easy and memory is a triumph. shared and built through thousands of words, the scent of their breath reminding you of a scratch on the wall you once believed was a beasts prideful stain
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