After Consider the Hand, by Aziza Barnes
Consider a world without mirrors
The loss of a loved one,
Ego
Consider the lonesome
The silence
Consider the lack of reflection
Consider the body
Pacing
Consider the way the space makes you bresthless
Presses agaisnt the chest
Like the hallow end of a promise
like the barrel of a shotgun
Now consider the heart
Its cored out cavaty
Consider the way it must change
How it resists the expectations of life
Consider what it learns to hold
And whether its in your best interest
Consider the hole filled
Left by the ego
Now consider the ocean
The way it clings to the curves of body
Consider the way it pushes a smile to the surface
Consider the scent it leaves on the skin
Consider the reflection
The day self is refound
Without that dear friend,
ego
ego
Consider the lack of limits
A horizon with no end
Consider the ones who tried to throw themselves over an edge
that didnt exist
Consider the wave that brought them back
Consider the girl standing on the shore alone
Waiting for the right lights to appear
To gloss over the water
To show her face
An image she had forgotten
It seems so strange
To be ones only true friend
Consider the next step.
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