- 27 Dec, 2025 *
You can’t unsee the world,
can’t scroll back the time
or close your eyes to the sun.
You can’t pretend you don’t know
how big the horizon can be,
now that you’ve seen it stretch out before you.
You can’t unsee the world,
or pretend you are just a tiny branch
waiting for spring in the cold,
when you have already seen the whole forest alive.
You can’t lie down and crawl
through the quiet and the rules,
when you were made for running.
You know this now.
You can’t unsee the world.
When the gray sets in and home feels far away,
you can’t pretend this silence matters.
It all feels the same; it feels patternless.
But no matter what,
you can’t unsee what you saw.
It hurts to…
- 27 Dec, 2025 *
You can’t unsee the world,
can’t scroll back the time
or close your eyes to the sun.
You can’t pretend you don’t know
how big the horizon can be,
now that you’ve seen it stretch out before you.
You can’t unsee the world,
or pretend you are just a tiny branch
waiting for spring in the cold,
when you have already seen the whole forest alive.
You can’t lie down and crawl
through the quiet and the rules,
when you were made for running.
You know this now.
You can’t unsee the world.
When the gray sets in and home feels far away,
you can’t pretend this silence matters.
It all feels the same; it feels patternless.
But no matter what,
you can’t unsee what you saw.
It hurts to be here, but you will survive.
You just can’t unsee the world.