the lump in my throat grows a new spike every day can’t swallow or eject It injects venom through a new spike every day to induce negativity the mind can’t reject thoughts stored in cells encounter spikes every day they can’t eliminate but just act…
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oh my aching heart this is poignant!
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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The pathway along those spikes can become rutted with use. It takes conscious focus and hard work to forge a new, spikeless path. It leaves a dilemma in the meantime.
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Thank you!
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I can feel this a lot… so often when something comes out of my mouth I regret it the moment it’s leaving my lips… and every time it becomes a little bit harder because of the thorn it is leaving.
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There are therapists who can help you get rid of this spiky stuff.
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It used to be said that art was a mirror held up to nature; modernists held that the mirror was an ornate rose window more valuable than the reflection – But what if nature IS the self, our body, and we understand ourselves much better finding ourselves in nature than the other way around? The Anthropocene sure suggests we consider that, and fast … The spiky venom here is foreign and not, is a defense and a victim of it. As is rage, and grief without purchase. Protects the seeds but at what necessary cost?
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I agree that it is a defense which becomes rage.
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So well said Reena.
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Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome 😉
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