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nothing more beautiful​.​.​.

from up all night, reading poetry by Samiir Saunders

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nothing more beautiful

extreme dissonance

ink

goodbye

even now, after everything?

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Even now, after all my self-reflection,
the words still stumble out my mouth,
like emerging from a cave in a drought.
Once born, they're adopted by the air. Then they grow and transform-
in my absence… like an heir to the throne.
In time they are mine in name only.
I was up all night, tryna navigate my mind.
If I could find some kind of roadmap, I could unwind.
Man, I think about dying a lot. I'm trying to stop.
And lately I've been crying a lot. I'm letting it out.
My brain has been frying a lot. The iron is hot.
Awake and I lie in the dark. I'm restless.
I can't see outside myself, I’m in my head too often.
And the spiral doesn't elevate. No helicopter.
Study psyche: soul scholar. No closure. No honour.
Letting go is so hard, but it's the true self-expression unblocker.

The will to communicate. The drive to rest.
The extreme dissonance of time compressed.
I find myself naked, dripping at the quill,
finally submerged in the spilled ink.
Falling asleep is like falling in love,
it consumes you with sweetness and clarity.
You can’t control it. You have to move with it.
Swimming in the current. Washing up on the shore of new realities.

Woke up in the morning, refreshed and alive.
I forget every time, how it felt to say goodbye.
Even now, after everything, I'm still surprised,
to find serenity in sleep and find peace in the divine.
Got up, brushed teeth, had a shower, and ate.
I forget I'm a human in a body of clay.
So, there’s nothing more beautiful than seeing that I-
am still here at the start of the day. Ay!

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from up all night, reading poetry, released April 29, 2021

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Samiir Saunders Birmingham, UK

I’m a multimedia poet based in Brum. I am obsessed with communication, compassion, intimacy, and the Internet.

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