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I Cried Myself an Ocean (Again)

May 17, 2022
By notesappfiction PLATINUM, Bryan, Texas
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notesappfiction PLATINUM, Bryan, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna

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I’m adrift at sea—an ocean

that came forth of my own eyes.

I bathed in my tears, washed my hair 

in grief, but it didn’t make me 

clean.

 

I planted the seed of the tree

I drew,

watched it grow into the shape 

of you,

and then I watched it drown.

 

And when the storm had passed—

40 years and 40 more—

I saw it there still standing

tall

 

and the water rose once more.

Photo by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash

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