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as a rule, I allow my heart to break
eleven times a day, no more, no less
because when the flowers are reaching
their hands for the sun, finding it
in sweet relief, the taste of light
seeing this, my heart is so full it breaks
and a little sun, it sneaks in, too
but more than eleven times, and I might disappear
into the fractal space calling me
to unite with the beauty uncontained
so I keep my heart almost whole
just little cracks here and there
stay human, stay here, a little while longer
someone here needs you
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photo: hibiscus on Kulen mountain, Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap, august 2019