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What are you so afraid of?
As if the more I ask,
the more I will become overnight.
As if a shooting star could
shine among the constellations,
telling me that they're all wrong.
Telling me that they don't know
the way home.
That I am home
with the door locked
and no spare key.
That the fire is still on.
That the shower is still running.
That the lamp bulb is still burning,
as bright as ever.
As if the more I ask,
the more I'll see
that I'm only afraid
of me
and everything I forgot I was
or could be.
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