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∴

to take comfort
is to take against time

for it is in the speechless
and still embrace
between lovers
that aging ceases,
and clocks stop,
and rain drips into oceans
where it is lost,
and uncounted.

 

to take comfort
is to take against space

and therein,
though briefly,
lose track
of our measurements,
and grow
to the size of our souls.

 

to take comfort
is to keep something
locked like memory
and scent
in a deep
and small place
within.

∴

 

 

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