We saw

we do not see

we take

chains and blades

we cut away

look and

squint

at what floats

and say,

Oh, we

shouldn't have

but we have

haven't we

we cut away

chunks and

from this distance

we see what it is

what it was

a part of ourselves

gone missing

09.18.2024

"We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are" challenge @Mariah