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i see you when you are
wound tight in darkness,
where panic twists like
snakes around your belly.
i know that place.

listen.
there are cracks there.
hairline, i know, but they're there.
if you try for them,
if you find them,
you can press your fingers in
and pull the light into being.

i am not saying "you can do anything."
i am saying " you in failure are worth as much as you in success."

i am not saying "choose happy."
i am saying only "choose." choose something.
because that is your power.

i am not saying "there is always hope."
i am saying you make the hope, beloved.
you are the hope.