(written October 2025)

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I tried.

I sacrificed.

I still bear stains of the soil upon my hands as proof.

I watered the earth with my tears.

When the ground was frozen, I believed nothing would change.

Yet spring taught me that flowers always bloom again.

In summer, when the sun was high, I waited for my fruit to ripen.

Upon autumn’s arrival, I  fell back into the pit of my sorrows.

as dust clouds of my history clouded my vision.

Still, I tried.

That is all you can do.

And to the earth I shall always return

for renewal when

the storms of life cause me to forget all

I have reaped from my struggles along the way.

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