Halfway (poe/en)

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I think... I feel ready enough.

cleanse the forests and
raze the earth, for what,
to remain
only halfway?

to get what i wanted but
without faces to recognize
is it still
the right way?

each step feels both like liberation
and enslavement, freedom in chains.
what's indecisiveness
and where the road forward leads?

what if the girl inside
is just less of a boy
weighted down by lead
and wholly tied with leads?

written 2026-06-22
published 2026-08-08