how could we have known?
Updated: Jul 29
we charged into September
like a hare on a lion's back
all eagerness, certainty, and recklessness
the heat that came in waves
throughout our homes, our feet, our minds
sizzled like slugs caught on the drying, moth-eaten rind
when we looked back
through halls of rewound time
we found only mirrors
where our hearts used to be
a carbon copy left behind
as waste-scattered debris
"how could we have known?" is a poem by Amber Byers, 2025
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