Foundations

Watching the sturdy bricks

that make up your being,

cement lined with

vitality and

resilience

that weaves into the

creases

of your elbows,

into the slight

bowed curve of

your legs

caressed with a tendency for

fineness.

Built to be an unmovable

pile caught willingly

in the pain,

emotion, and

uncensored

complexities

of those surrounding you

as well as

supporting

the sombre spirit

encased within my

shell.

Those foundations

of yours

establishing stability

as intended.

The antithesis of fragility.

Yet,

lingering in the

gaps between the bricks

lies the whispering

residue of a

growing burden,

both transient and infinite.

Beautifully

entranced by reality,

in awe of being,

of existing,

of speculating

perceived truths and

discovering the adventure

of creation,

but simultaneously

buried by

the boundless

emotions of

bodies

betrothed to you.

Caged by

Bricks which conceal

the spirit

of your

unfiltered being

that floats like the

delayed

death of stars

behind soft

brown eyes that gaze

upon the

multitude of turmoil

thrust

upon you.

And here I

stand

watching,

as the load on

this house,

becomes heavier,

closes the

finite gaps

between the bricks

and

shuts off your path of

release.

by Olivia Simone

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