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Roshi


Training to hear

what cannot be seen

Training to feel

what cannot be deemed 

Training to say

what cannot be read

Training to mime

what cannot be said

Training to free 

what cannot be caught

Training to know

— what cannot be thought

 

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

 

 

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