today everyday, i feel like a flower.

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each day culminates in a petal:

slowly shifting sinusoids,

beginning & ending at my core.

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i am weighed down by my petals,

but i gracefully stand upright.

sometimes a little breeze comes by,

and i,

effortfully,

let one fall to the ground.


written after nausheen asked me to ‘draw’ grief.