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Deserter
Back and forth, pacing
in this desert that I've built.
Looking for an oasis
in this water that I've spilled.
Hoping for a flower to
spring up from the sand,
instead of looking for clues
in the palms of my hands.
Search the lines
to see if I
can pinpoint where I fell,
then tear the skin
in hopes that I'll be
farther from this hell.
My life doesn't flash before me,
fate is much crueler than that.
It streams at a sluggish pace
so I catch the details in what I lack.
I get a cold shoulder from the sun
and expect the same from the moon.
Just close my eyes
take a dive
and be swallowed by the dunes.
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"The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates
"All I ever wanted was to pick apart the day, put the pieces back together my way." -Aesop Rock
"And for a minute there, I lost myself." -Radiohead
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