Elixir

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We poured it into ourselves

letting it seep

through valves

that would let it

bleed

into the parts

of us that were

always torn apart,

that would let it

feed

the parts

of us that were

always hungry for a part

of more,

for

the parts of us that we always wanted to make

whole

;

but torn things are never whole

,

their holes

are left

bleeding

and seeping

into valves

that feed

the parts of us

that were

more.

 

© Hudson Biko

Photograph by Hisu lee

Abstract

I lost myself

Thinking

That this

would be different.

That I was

finally free from its confinement

That this was

an entirely new environment.

That I

finally knew

what

would

make me

new

Now

,

i stand here

staring

at the summation of its

parts

Realizing

that this will always be

a part

of me

This can never be

apart

from me.

Because it’s everything

that I am

 

© Hudson Biko

This is more Abstract than some of the poetry I put out here. Some things can’t be ‘structured’.