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∴

i think it is true

that everything
you ever need

is

there,

if you know where to look.

 

i think it is also true

that the things
we’re looking for

are looking for us, too.

 

they’re like children,
lost at market,
and we, the parents,
are scanning
every aisle,
calling out their names,
wildly,
and sometimes
with desperate search.

but they –

those little beings
of our needing –

want us, too.

 

they may be hiding
under rotating racks
of women’s yoga pants

or behind
the banana seller’s stand
for protection,

 

but they

are

there.

 

and when we finally meet,
there will be
sighs of relief,
kisses
interlaced
with proper scoldings,
and perhaps a few
congratulatory onlookers.

 

but in the end,
i have found
that the missing bits
are only missing
because we know that they are there,
able to be discovered,
no matter
for how long
we search.

 

i have also found
that no matter
how much we find,
there is always more still
to uncover.

∴

 

 

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