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Prompt: Leaving (in Slam style)

You know the thing that I hate the most about "leaving"

is that it has a vee in it.

And that vee reminds me of a you

and then here I am back to thinking about leaving again.

"Commencement".

That thing at the end of an era.

That thing that tells you it's time for the beginning

of something new.

A new chapter, a new seed (to plant).

But what's. so. wrong with endings

that we can't just look them in the face

and see them for what they are?

The end.

Tear aside silly preconceived notions about sunrises

after a long day.

Sunrise and sunset are similar, but not identical.

And If I'm planting a new seed,

at least let me the freedom and the time

to swing on the branches

that took so long to grow.

Let me the reflection everyone else sees

so that when I finally leave this place,

I'll know what kind of seed to plant.