right of way
Embracing Fragility: Life's Miracle Amidst Tenuous Existence
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I want a tattoo that says "magic between my ribs
I desire a tattoo expressing the idea of magic residing between my ribs.
Always feels like a miracle when I breathe in
The act of breathing always feels like a miraculous experience to me.
Was never fully suicidal, just aware that I'm so fragile
I have never been fully suicidal, but I am conscious of my fragility.
Being alive's so tenuous it's hard to believe it
Being alive is delicate and uncertain, making it challenging to comprehend.
It's not that I thought I'd be gone by now
I didn't expect to have departed from life by now.
I just never really pictured myself living
I never envisioned myself actively living and thriving.
Short-sighted underclassmen with their arms stretched out
Youthful individuals with limited foresight, reaching out for an end they perceive as gentle.
Waiting to embrace the gentle end
They anticipate embracing a peaceful conclusion.
And I still brace for impact when I'm crossing
Despite having the right of way, I instinctively prepare for impact when crossing the street.
The street even when I've got right of way
Expecting to meet an unfortunate fate, even when I have the legal right to proceed.
I expect to be bug on someone's windshield
Envisioning myself as insignificant, akin to a bug on a windshield during an accident.
I expect to be the wreckage on ward parkway
Anticipating becoming wreckage on Ward Parkway, a metaphor for personal destruction.
Every night before I go to sleep
Each night, reflecting on the value my body holds and expressing remorse for any harm I've caused it.
Next to the body I'll wake up with in the morning
Thinking about the body I will wake up with in the morning.
I think about how much it does for me
Acknowledging the significant role my body plays and showing gratitude for it.
And apologize for all the ways I've hurt it
Apologizing for any ways in which I have caused harm to my own body.
I used to stare out of the car window
Recalling a time when I used to daydream about disappearing into the scenery while staring out of a car window.
Imagine disappearing into the landscape
Imagining myself blending into the natural landscape.
Picture myself small within the tallgrass
Visualizing myself as a small entity within the vast tallgrass.
I wanted to live all by myself in the prairie
Expressing a desire to live independently in the prairie.
I think that's why I think I'm built to die here
Suggesting a belief that my essence is connected to the idea of dying in this environment.
But I don't think that it's anytime soon
Clarifying that this perceived connection to death is not imminent.
Not until I live to be a million
Speculating that I won't experience this connection until I reach the age of a million.
And every square inch of me's tattooed
Expressing a desire for every part of me to be marked with tattoos.
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