i have been told
that time
is a careful healer
that it folds days neatly
and puts them away
where they cannot be reached
but if a night
should arrive
quietly misplaced
and i find myself
awake at 2:01
with something unseen
sitting beside me
then perhaps
time has missed a corner
there are dates
that do not ask
they return
as if they belong
to the bones
more than the mind
and if i move
through the day
as though nothing stirs
yet feel
a small unrest
then i suppose
there are things
that do not leave
only wait
and if sleep
refuses me tonight
for no reason
i can properly name
then maybe
i have remembered
something
without trying to
and that
must be enough
though mine own heart
seems not persuaded
and if i close my eyes
will it leave
or come closer
i do not know
if i am missing something
or being called
back to it
or if
somewhere
without my knowing
i never really
left
at all
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