If you place a
fern
under a stone
the next day it
will be
nearly invisible
as if the stone
has
swallowed it.
If you tuck the
name of a loved one
under your tongue
too long
without speaking
it
it becomes blood
sigh
the little
sucked-in breath of air
hiding everywhere
beneath your words.
No one sees
the fuel that
feeds you.
--Naomi Shihab Nye
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