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i have known love

but only from the inside

from the inside, giving out

not even from the inside, looking out

for what I saw

was not love.

i thought it was

until a moment

when I saw what it was

was love, but

not the giving out kind

and then, i came to know

that some live without love

they do not need it

and that maybe all we ever do

is live with the need for love

we dream of it

that it is in front of us

it helps us sleep, until

we come to see

then it prevents us from sleep

Once, i came to know

then chose

that knowing

and breathing while knowing

requires neither believing

in things like trust

in not being hurt by it

in democracy or freedom

in being who I want

but it requires living who I want

regardless of all that may come

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i have come to know, poetry in morning walks
15th February 2021, Geochang