Shadows linger in the room

not quite leaving, not quite staying

Every thought I tried to quiet

turns and shifts without explaining

There’s a weight I’ve been carrying

through the hours I can’t place

Now it moves without a pattern

not the same from one breath to the next

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I can feel it

losing shape

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When the night lets go

something opens, not defined

What was hidden

doesn’t settle into light

Every line I held

comes apart before it shows

When the night lets go

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Light arrives without a warning

but it doesn’t stay consistent

All the shapes I thought were stable

rearrange at a distance

I was holding onto silence

like it had a single meaning

Now it fractures into fragments

each one shifting as I see it

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I can feel it

change again

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When the night lets go

something opens, not defined

What was hidden

doesn’t settle into light

Every line I held

comes apart before it shows

When the night lets go

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Not release

not return

Just a shift

I can’t confirm

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When the night lets go

nothing settles into place

Every shadow

leaves a different trace

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…lets go…