i can smell her despondency in these walls that age where people stop asking, right when you need them
we did not sell out: we sold off the too-heavy things
what has been taken: assumptions giving back can't fix
life unseen yet each moment there so precious the trending clamor for kindness without any "who"
all of this power but we can't bring back what's been lost
the cycle: striving, gaining, then forfeiture
civil fixation who's in charge parasocial crush
letting go can mean regaining or learning
we're born wanting it but must learn what its limits are