nothing asked

the steps
the river
the open sky

none of it
asked you
to explain

only
to stay

higher now
where the air
forgets
how to hold

light
barely knows
your name

breath
arriving
too early

leaving
before the body
calls it back

the path
less certain now

just
stone
and distance

and somewhere beneath that

a warmth

small enough
to miss

if you kept
looking forward

something in you
still moving

not toward

just
with

the river below
still carrying light

the sky
not needing
an answer

only
your weight
beside it

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