NOT ME

  Even close enough

  to share the same air,

  she is beautiful. He

  is perfection.

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  I want to stumble back

  into a past where

  this rich color

  passed unseen, my mind

  intent on the dirt,

  the travels of worms

  and the skipping of rocks.

  Intent on holding the Earth

  instead of fearing

  the mirror of others.