mysteries
raze this is a question i still sit with sometimes. is it better not to know? to weave wondering into a sad sort of poetry? or does the closure that comes with solving a long-running riddle outweigh the beauty of not knowing? there are albums and films and whole human beings that lived inside my head rent-free for years before i was allowed to experience the reality of who and what they were. sometimes what my imagination invented was better than anything time and dogged persistence ultimately chose to reveal. when i was younger and less concerned with the state of my own soul, i was sure my one wish after dying would be to eavesdrop on the last day of an artist i loved so i could understand why he chose to eliminate his own map. now the mysteries that stride through my mind live closer to home. it's good to stay sharp. it's only right to have something to ruminate on. but maybe the face behind the mask doesn't matter so much. sometimes the shadows conceal nothing but deeper darkness. 230325
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