Did you know?
If you used those sharpened knives,
To cut triangles
Out of my skin
The muscle, sinew and limbs,
You could create a pyramid
Of unbreakable stone.

Did you know?
That if you used a pointed compass,
To find my north
And the celestial oceans that lay there
And drew circles around me
To strand me there,
I would never leave.

Did you know?
That the broken ends of a glass bottle
Were the fragments of my soul
That floated
On a tidal sea of hidden emotions
That tore gashes into my flesh
Only distrust could hide.

Did you know?
That if you drew me out into lines
You would find the marks of a hundred tears
That allowed me to swim in a salty sea
When all life buoys sank to the bottom of the ocean,
I swam,
Hoping that boundless stretch of water would come to an end.

Did you know?
That though the earth is a geoid,
I feel myself defying gravity
Slipping off the edges of a slippery square
Compelled to hold on to the edges
With the tips of my fingers
Looking for gravity to pull me back to sanity…

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