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Authenticity
And for all that I have loved there will be nothing rawer than the grass that scratches my ankles
Under the premise of love, I will teach you about the freckles scattered across my back
The moon has hidden itself from light but will still let us marvel at the craters that cover it
How can we not be anything more than true and how can we not love
Everything that we have touched,
Tell me about the things that will scare you most and
I will carry your authenticity in ways it
Cannot be replicated for my love for you is deep rooted in the need for your vulnerability
In our love all we feel is the scratching grass on our ankles and the secrets we hide in our skin
The raw vulnerability you hand over to me in the name of love is what I search for
Your authenticity is the grass on my ankles and the craters of the moon.
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I often write about the similarities between love and nature but in this poem, I speak about something that they both share. Authenticity comes to us in the way we love one another but it will also come to us in the form of nature and its pure vulnerability when it keeps us alive. I have noticed that I do not search purely for love but for authenticity too.