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My mind rebuilds as a nest

  • Writer: Mahogany Smiles
    Mahogany Smiles
  • Nov 12, 2025
  • 1 min read

Earthly cortex

Pebble thoughts and twiggy emotions

Molded together

Love my mud binding

Claws deep in reminiscing

Former robins bobbing in My cerebellum sits on On the thinest branch

Grass blade confetti peaking through the cracks

I count the chirps that resemble laughs

Sing with the crows soaring pass

Still flapping when the foundation collapses

 
 
 

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