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I create, therefore I am
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Creation
is an act of
devotion.

An offering
of you,
through you.

A trust fall,
a surrendering.

I create
because I am
even when it makes ‘no sense’
And no one understands

When it chooses me to give birth to it,
I choose it back.

Ayla VejdaniJanuary 16, 2024
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