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Christopher Van Name's avatar

This makes me think of all the words that arrive and go unspoken. Because sometimes they scream beneath.

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

That’s so true Christopher. Sometimes they sit under the skin.

Thank you for sharing.

Brandi Lynn's avatar

This captures the haunting ache of realizing that our presence might be something we only truly recognize in the wake of our own departure ✨

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

That’s such an interesting read Brandi and something I will take with me to read the piece again. Thank you! 🌿

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Fragments and the Dark's avatar

🥰🖤

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Thank you 💛 💛 💛

Petra's avatar

I think you captured well how fragile language can be as it moves from pre-verbal to fully held. <3

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Thank you so much Petra. The fragility of it is a beautiful way to hold the image.

Petra's avatar

<3

Antonio Castellaneta's avatar

There is a point where the words are no longer written, but arrive.

What remains is not meaning, but a presence that continues without needing to hold.

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Beautifully said Antonio.

Aaliya's avatar

The way you describe words are as settling under the skin is both poetic and thought-provoking.

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Thank you so much Aaliya 🤗

Meera's avatar

Wow

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Thank you Meera! I hope that a nice wow 😂

Meera's avatar

Yes a very nice wow, at how you were able to capture something so subtle with such preciseness, Mark. Doesn’t seem like a thing of the mind but like the poem arrives ahead of the poet..

Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Thank you so much dear Meera, as that is a lovely reading. A find that some things arrive in the body before we have words for them, and we feel before we understand their true meaning.