Understandtrees

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I can't find what hides between the lines,
I can't lose what chooses to curve,
I can't sleep when the streets are so noisy,
I can't stay awake when I have to fake knowing the truth;
I can't listen to the orders about borders
Given out by pedantic and merciless men,
Spouting hope about how most of what's happening
Has and never will happen again;
And yet
On
And on
And on we revolve,
Around talk
And talk
And talk about doubts,
About
Costs
And costs
And costs:
Hidden amounts
"Unprecedented";
Can't get lost in anything
Anymore,
It all being so flat;
Might as well
Lay it all down,
A shell
Left to bleach
In the sand.
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Original photo (3rd slide) is of a small bush with yellow leaves. The 2nd slide is my edit. The 1st slide is what Wonder AI did with my photo using the prompts: Library, Smokey Room, Many Quiet People.
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Oil in the lantern
But no light;
We fight
Almost every day;
Her ways
Or the highways,
"Don't be stupid..."
She'd often say;
We've sailed together since I was young,
And for almost all of it
Things were fine;
Then she started changing,
Berating me
For too much slack on the lines;
Confusion turned into rage
As I exhausted myself
Defending myself
For being myself
My way;
"I learnt it all
From you!"
"Don't be stupid..."
Grey
Overcast
Skies
Pulse purple
On the horizon;
We're not turning around;
A parent becomes a danger
If they take their life out
On their young.
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The third photo is of the original - a close-up of a mirror; the second is my edit of the original; the first slide is what Wonder AI did with my photo when I plugged it in with the prompts: Mother daughter fighting; sinking ship; sos

The poem is an original by me inspired by Wonder's augmentation.
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