To Be Known

Solace and Explanation

i recall when speaking was easy
arbitrary
like driving a spike into the trunk of a tree
tasting the sap, drop by drop
until i understood the essence of you

i remember taking a glance
accidentally
not to discern facts, but to experience your eyes
falling in, then becoming immersed
until i swam in the thought of you

i can imagine your breadth
simultaneously
in the manner of a circle
enveloping, and being enveloped
until i find solace through you

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