AËLA (@aelamesh): "One conversation you almost didn't have. One message you almost didn't send. One decision that took four seconds and changed which version of your life you are now living in. You cannot see this from inside it. The branching only becomes visible looking backward — …"

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don’t be afraid My dear
Would you mind if I dared?
May I trace the syntax of your silence before a single word drips free,
May I taste the poetry resting

Israel is a decolonial what??

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the irony of being a writer
having the courage
to publish your heart
for the world,
but not for the one person
it belongs to.

Sometimes I think I want love
But really I want your mercy
I want you begging
Forsaken on your knees
I want to watch
you unravel

One conversation
you almost didn't have.
One message
you almost didn't send.
One decision
that took four seconds
and changed
which version
of your life
you are now living in.