the secret forest
it’s hard to imagine
what could possibly be
inside such a place
the colors & the sounds
as foreign as an unknown language
the flora & fauna
indescribable & wilder
than your wildest dreams
—and the more you
think about all the possibilities
the more you’re certain
crossing over into the beautiful abyss
is what you’re dying for
this irresistible desire
to be interwoven into the secret
december two thousand twenty-four
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