Keith Musgraves

These are love letters to myself.

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A bug bit my neck
as i approached the great tree spirit of many heads

before the ancient one could speak,
a smaller teacher had already arrived.

perhaps it was a warning—
to be gentle with the fragile beings around me.

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leaves fall from the vines,
butterflies the same colour drift upward—
like subtle magic defying reason.

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within a day
the night created and swallowed her children
without hesitation, without regret—
i’d choose this over a thousand years of stillness

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The wind sisters glided through my fingers
unfolding each gently.
Asking me to let go.

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Even the black crow glows golden in an autumn sunset.

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not every spark becomes a flame,
but even brief warmth is still warmth.
impermanence doesn’t make it meaningless;
it makes it precious.

you didn’t lose anything.
you simply experienced something fleeting and true.

be grateful it happened —
and graceful in letting it pass.

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Ten years ago,
some things mattered and some things didn’t.

Ten years later,
Things that didn’t matter matter now. And things that mattered don’t matter now.

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Past and present meet
Echoes of youthful struggle
Same grounds, new heartbeat

Connections blossom
Fleeting, yet deeply alive
Moments touch the soul

Two weeks of stillness
Time slows and quiet fills my heart
A calm I’ll carry.

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Life breathing with you again, instead of against you.

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Real art starts with living a little,
feeling something,
and trying to trap it in words, paint, or clay.

Most of the time,
you’ll hate what you made.
Delete it, rip it, smash it—
cue the existential meltdown.

Then you do it again (times 3)

Eventually,
the damn thing behaves.

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Those who follow the rule of three
make beautiful bonsais.
Those of four?
They inspire.

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Tranquil is the lily pond.
But my mind races!
As thou it’s chasing torrents.

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Know that I'll always love you.
Then, now and evermore.
Keith

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To my exes:
We didn’t work out
and that’s fine.
It is not your loss or mine.

I’m not going to try to make you regret
or make you jealous.
I’m not going to find someone better than you
but someone better for me.
Genuinely, I want you to find someone better for you too.

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I want you to win.
And I hope you’d want me to win too.
Because there is room for both of us to find happiness in this life.
We were on the same team then, and we are on the same team now.
Rooting for each other’s happiness.
As we had done previously.

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“Cross the legs into a lotus.
Place your hands on your knees with palms facing downward.
Through the nose, take a deep inhale.
.
.
.
Ahh yes
smells like pollution.”

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I looked up to the flickering white light on the ceiling and made an odd wish
“This better be the real deal.”

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While I stared at the soul-draining screen in my little cubicle, the fire alarm went off.
As with most fire alarms, we doubted its authenticity and let it continue its blaring screams for attention.
5 seconds passed.
10 seconds passed.
1 whole minute passed.

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Adulthood is punishment for all the fun we had during childhood.

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I promise,
I’d wake up one day.
But for now, let me stay on this side of the rainbow for a little while.