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They asked again
oh do you even know what you’re doing?

I smiled like a cracked lens
said yes yes of course
then clicked clicked
like a child pressing every button
just to see what breaks

The image barked back at me
why so much light
why so much fear
why your hands shaking
as if truth was leaking out

oh what a moment you missed
slipped through your fingers
like soap in a bucket

now go
sit in a corner
hug your confusion
or chew some grass
like a confused village cow
wondering why the world spins

don’t be silly
asking how and how and how
the camera doesn’t care
it only copies your heartbeat

oh look
is that a castle
standing there like it knows secrets
so beautiful
it makes your eyes bow

could have captured it better
yes yes
could have made it sing
but it’s alright
it will stay there
patient like an old monk

come again
with softer hands
a calmer breath
and take a better picture

or maybe
become a better picture
yourself

clicked
from a soul
trying to see.