moving on
some things we just don’t talk about
not anymore anyway
it’s like the storm has passed
leaving behind emotional wreckage
that someone must pick up
and so we did
not saying a word
as if what had happened
could not have been prevented
occurring for no other reason
than to reiterate
we were never in charge
of anything
not even our own lives
or those we unconditionally love
june two thousand twenty-four
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