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Do you know that feeling

of running in the rain

toward home

like you are escaping

a shower

that is already waiting

inside

just running

and running

no destination

only motion

I think

someday

I will slip into a parallel world

where one second here

is an hour there

and suddenly

my sight changes

the sky opens

meteors falling

from a starry ceiling

for a moment

I wonder

will it land on me

no

I still belong

to my world

I don’t want the weight

of another universe

my shoulders

are already awake

something floats above

messages

bubbles in the sky

in that other world

words are sent

without fear

everything visible

honesty

before it learned fear

here

we speak in codes

because words

become gossip

and truth

learns how to hide

we need language

to play with

lego bricks of thought

stacked

and restacked

inside

my head

then

I arrive home

the rain was heavy

cats

dogs

everything falling

I am wet

clothes

skin

bones

my heart

still dry