In the etch a sketch of your existence
there will be choices, when 
to take a full crank turn
when to soften the left-right gyrations, 
a hand-in-hand dance with intuition 
turning your wheels in opposite directions 
in search of shapes and contours coursing
through the jazzy sand.

Let nothing dare prepare you 
and spoil that exploration,
embrace, instead
the musty maybe sense in experiencing 
authentic autonomy, awaken
from within the frame at the humble feet
of that claw foot mirror
conjured in conversation
who do you see 

across the table
tonight, tomorrow,
are you looking for yourself in a smile,
for an excuse to shake it all away
or could you follow back the lines
to where this doodle started
re/turning the dials to release the tension
and enjoy again that child-like joy,
choosing with unburdened intention
just because you can

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Written while sitting for Tyler Bingham in Portland, OR. Check out their stunning work via instagram.com/halfcirclethreelines