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Twenty

I used to wonder
what does
the dark rag of stars
above
look like

until

I caught myself
staring at the sky
again
It was not like
anything new
but
the clouds
are clearer from here
beneath my feet

Now I wonder
what does it look like
underneath these clouds
Trees
Tides
I have seen them all
but I had never understood
the fear of
falling

until now.

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