Relative Something

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……..frantic
…….anticipation
………..static
………infatuation
…..delving ever deeper
……beyond the sounds
…of the early summer night
….when people putter
…with their occasional tasks
……and youngsters wander
…….from tree to tree
……..giggling at each other
… .as teens rev engines
. .and speed on the streets
……….undaunted

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life
compressed
into moments
filled
with everything
at once
rich
luminosity
pain and suffering
wealth
of opportunities
success and failure
self
and selfless
sacrifice
sweet
sensations
of being
alive

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then one day
it became silent
no, not silent
but quiet
like everything is done
or the pause
that can be awkward
after talking has stopped
there is something telling about
a person who is comfortably content
to remain at peace in a group
of people who’ve stopped talking
more so when it is one
who does so
while ensconced
in the quiet
of everything being done

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legal
institution
fear
right
true
marriage
hurt
commitment
church
state
wrong
facts
evidence
important
life
benefits
damage
phobia
civil
separate
equal
responsibilities
fundamental
vision
circumstance
religious
dignity
politics
afraid
kids
health
debate
protect
sanctity
social
justice
honest
effort
genuine
respect
think
honest
logic
give
up
fear