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Writer: roundziesroundzies

surrender takes courage

she said gliding her mallet

inside the singing bowl

growing louder

until the floor vibrated

and with it my chest


your honesty takes courage

you said only hours earlier

and then too I’d curled its syllables

around my tongue

digesting its meaning

cor means heart


it takes courage not to cry

when we’re coming undone

and as much to cry

when we can’t feel a thing

but mostly it’s our hearts

that do the reaching


how we stood there waiting

for you to leave

for the rupture we felt coming

but instead listened

as fluttering heartbeats

insisted you stay




 
 

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