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hypotenuse

By Harper LewisPublished about 14 hours ago Updated about 12 hours ago 1 min read

I fell so far so fast,

spiraled out of control,

lost myself in you,

a thief in the light,

appearing like a god

or some apparition,

a figment of consecration

taking my whatisit? right

out of my body, taking me

far from my shores,

gravity gone,

crescent moon waxing at me

waning from me—

a witness to my own ebb,

tidying tiding into pools,

beached into sea-salted sand,

silt dribbled on foundationless castles,

dessicated in the wind,

dunes of me

supporting sea oats,

waving to whatever

remains at sea,

the blood-heavy water

crashing in diagonal waves,

finding variables, searching

for the inconsistent

hypotenuse.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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  • Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout 4 hours ago

    Girl, you are on fire 🔥

  • Lana V Lynxabout 13 hours ago

    Love your sexy love poems, Harper!

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