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my mind: a quiet betrayal

a letter in my name, but the contents I have never seen

words of thanks scrawled on paper for a card I never sent

a tape sits on the shelf its label, confrontation with dad it reads my mind holds no recollection, the wound, already a scar


is it memory fading like ink in rain or a shadow wearing my face

a hand crafting a version of me that walks where I never tread

the mind is a fragile keeper of time shifting like sand under a relentless tide

each lost moment whispers a question, was it stolen or simply misplaced


every fragment that is uncovered, pulls at the thread of trust

more unanswered questions, just obstacles that cloud the mind

do I chase the truth through tangled weeds or let it slip into the quiet

what do I hope to gain, when real answers are already in the grave


how do you unlearn the fear when even the mirror feels like a stranger

is it safer to ignore the shadows to let the unanswered rest

or should I dig until my hands bleed to find the shape of what is real

truth feels brittle in this haze like glass held too tightly


I reach for it knowing it may cut because silence is not safety

but is bleeding the answer to replace what is already scarred

doubt is a thief leaving me with moments I don’t recognize

and a past that is so full of confusion, I cannot call it my own



Ecclesiastes 7:25

"So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things."

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