for how long
have we been

in these shadows
from fire 

that weigh us down
with heat 

we wear the bruises
in sun-tanned skin 

refusing
defeat 

but approach
each day with
melancholy 

it's been so long
since a storm 

did break...

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📸 Sarmat Batagov
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