Semi-Random Reflections

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If you scream in the forest 
and no one's there to hear it, 
then you've figured out what 
screaming into the void means. 

Have you walked alone out here 
because you couldn't handle their voices 
- ringing, pinging, liking, reposting -  
- buzzkill workaholic; work harder - 
- it's all in your head but respond to it more - 
anymore? 

Then let them out now. 
Crumple the cacophony up into a ball 
of high-volume carbon dioxide 
and let the safety valve burst. 
What you couldn't process, 
the trees can 
alchemize oxygen from, 
so you can breathe 
 - in through your nose - 
- out through your mouth - 
until you're ready to leave. 

And if you never are, 
fine. 
The void understands.