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emerging like water
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Feb 06, 2025
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emerging like water

through the snowy window
the buds on the tree
frozen

I feel a pang of grief
for what 
will never emerge

tracing grief’s tendrils
through my heart

to the girl in me
who did not emerge

remembering 
the expectations
comments
norms
that seemed 
to freeze me out

recognizing
I froze myself
in 

but my spirit
is fire
and water
and air…

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