Adventures of a Spiritual Warrior

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an ode to love, sex & romance

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Rachel Clifton
Sep 03, 2023
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it’s time for me
to get back to this
& you

to write differently
to scatter my thoughts onto the page

to be lovingly, breathlessly illegible
to care so little
to just spill

to spill over
to soften
to overflow

to trust that I will not— cannot— be forgotten

to let myself be Known

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it’s almost 2 AM on a Saturday night & this is what it means to be alive

(I’m writing dumb sweet poetry)

I liked you & I’m disappointed in you
I wanted to like you & you disappointed me
I want so much that it ignites me
I want so much that it sets me free

every woman is a fucking beautiful dreamer
or she would be, if she allowed herself to [be]

your dreams are prophecies

we met & I liked you & we never met again:

I ached with hope
I forgave you
I surrendered
I went about my life

I did it all
I loved it all
I chose it all
it was all worth it

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