Family Romance

 

When possible
Make love to your soul.
And when it is not possible,
Embrace,
Speak,
At the very least look at each other.
Stay focused.
Of whom are you thinking?
I am thinking of you.
Even angry,
When I cannot look you in the eye,
I am looking at you.
When I cannot bear to speak to you,
I curse you quietly in my heart.

I remain vigilant.
I am always watching.
There is no sleep
Apart from you.
We must embrace in our sleep,
Cling fast in sleep,
Fuse and flow in sleep,
Or at the very least
Join hands and leap
Into the traffic of ten thousand dangers,
The swarming souls

 

 

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