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infinite white all around
so pure, so sterile
my body, the only blemish
a contained world.
single foot of a pair, studied
miles of paths of journeys
of the road of mistakes of the world
my wrinkled digits
laid in plain awaiting judgement
convicted to be tools of destruction
my mind whirls
condemning, damning, understanding
the single shattered soul
empty.
not a void, not of absence
but a unfair farewell
to those things most precious
understood only once lost
gone. forever.
regret of that death
not immediately valued
not immediately cherished
a scar.
the naked body
to distract pain with pain
curled about, a newborn
yet older than time itself
streams of water
mixed with tears
indifferent.
and alone.