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Poem: Somewhere Here

Even as I sit here now,
it's like imagining a pink elephant.
No matter how hard you try not to,
you want to.
It calls to you.

Even as I sit here now,
my mind starts to wander—
just as my heart does daily,
my soul hourly,
my spirit every second.

"Don't go somewhere else,"
yet that is all I wish for.
I am tricked by false comfort,
yet I long for the opposite.
I want to explore. I want more.

"Don't go somewhere else,"
yet I often wonder:
was I ever really here?
Where is here, really?
It must be somewhere.

I long to feel the many Earths
underneath my feet,
to be someone new
each day,
in the hope that one will find
this empty jigsaw's missing piece.

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