Poem "Albatross"

"albatross"

the dark side of taking risks / is the complication of your existence

there's nothing unprecedented about this

the dark skies above us / are only a side effect

of staring into shadows / with our eyes closed / in apprehension

i was going to say / that it’s not as simple as it seems

but maybe it’s a lethal dose of simplicity / inescapability

you may be able to free me from my guilt

but i cannot get by myself

i’ve come to understand that this is just the way it is

there are no options / d’y2 think that i have a choice here?

white lining around the borders of the clouds

the quiet draws out the sadness

my white whale / is poles apart / from my holy grail

and so the quiet draws out the albatross

the cover of the north / is four corners of a clean-pressed shirt

the melancholy / in your maturity

the sounds of a sad, soul album / recorded ten years after the fact

it’s the motion capture of your slow collapse

it’s the sound of snowflakes being born

in the origin of the path of capricorn

in a river of silver / i am born again

that’s just the way it is / it’s your existence / just live with it

white lining around the borders of the clouds

the quiet draws out the sadness

my white whale / is poles apart / from my holy grail

and so the quiet draws out the albatross

the stillness fills the space with empty brackets

there’s no motion for the camera to capture

the anchor holds the present just below the surface

hits the pause on the play for the purpose

the weight bends my wings down to the earth

there is no escape from this rotational curve

waving goodbye to myself in the mirror

when i know that i’ll always find myself right there

the stillness summons the albatross

in a river of silver / i am born again

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some burdens just persist