poem

August 9th, 2024

• this #poem (Rest Stop by Chandler Peters-Durose) is an interesting case study of something about trust, naive trust maybe... NNTD mode 2: trust bet... also something about faulty sensory appreciation? like this person's past is full of abuse, which on some level they trust in the sense that it feels familiar...
  • When given the opportunity to connect with  
    No  
    To be welcomed back into your  
    Home  
    No  
    Family? 
    Do you take it? 
    //
    You reached out your hand and I took it. It felt too good —I pull away almost immediately
    I look behind me seeing the ash of my life I burned
    and I begin to cry
    Through the tears I see you next to me
    Still here
    Still—
    Here
    Tears tear through my body and we sit down on the bench. You hold me close
    Rest here as long as you need, im here and im not leaving, but you need me to promise that you
    will not go back. You made it too far
    Everything in my body says to turn back to the life I knew.
    I look deep into your eyes, and my voice shakes as I whisper ok, I promise  
    You do not let go as I watch the life I thought I knew disappear before my eyes.