how to make a bird

a list of things you might not hear:

- an eyelash opening on a pillow

- the appearance of a star

- a leaf leaving a tree

- a hand in your hair

- a lie being withheld

- a tear's journey from eye to shoe

- air becoming blue

- longing.

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a picture of me wishing I was a tree OR a picture of a tree not wishing it was me

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holding yourself in. holding onto someone else. holding your head up. unholding yourself.