the GLOW pt. 2

“I took my shirt off in the yard.”
No one saw that the skin on my shoulders was golden. Now it’s not. My shirt’s back on. “The Glow” is gone. I forgot my body’s song.
My gliding body stopped.
I couldn’t get through September without a battle. I faced “death” with my arms swinging but in the cave I heard my own breath and had to face that I’m still living. I’m still flesh. I hold tight to awful feelings. I’m not dead (yet). There’s no end. My face is red with my blood that flows harshly. My heart beats deafeningly. My chest still draws breath and I still hold it. I’m buoyant. There’s no end. “I’m glowing!”


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    this song is just too beautiful. its the only song that has ever made me cry, and i wasn't sad at all. I think its about love: first he is lost but for a distant glow, then the female voice that is "the glow" speaks to him, and he begins to glow too. then they go swimming.

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