You're the mind that stays open
You're the opening of a shell
You're the shell that has a pearl
You're the pearl that's big and swollen with iridescence
Because you stuck around

<crushing, eartheater>

a cyborg of nature, it proudly stands,
with roots as cables, binding the lands.
its bark, a metal armor, strong and true,
a sentinel of life, both old and new

just as data streams in the digital sphere,
nutrients flow through the mycelial frontier.
a language unspoken, yet perfectly understood,
the tree and fungi converse in the woodland

branches reach high, like antennas in the sky,
seeking signals from the birds that fly.
leaves, solar panels, capturing the sun's light,
converting energy, a wondrous sight

cyborgs of steel may boast their gears,
but the tree's rings tell tales of countless years.
each one a memory etched in its core,
a testament to resilience, forevermore

cyborgs and trees, worlds apart in form,
yet in essence, they share a common norm.
both interconnected, bound by design,
revealing nature's secrets, truly divine

so let us marvel at the tree's high-tech grace,
a cyborg of nature, with its own embrace.
in its branches, a story of connections deep,
where technology and life's secrets meet

𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕤 a҉l҉i҉v҉e҉

→ 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑒𝒸𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅 𝑔𝓁𝑜𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒶𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔

₮ⱧɆ₴Ɇ ₴ⱧØɆ₴ ₳ⱤɆ ₦Ø₮ ⱤɆ₳Ⱡ 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓶

/////organic matter, 2023

i just wanna be in control of how others perceive me
i mask so well, i make it seem easy

thru make up, fashion, art, performance, images

it can be a strategy to minimize stimuli and create a more comfortable environment
it can allow me to express my true identity
to ensure i am understood and heard more effectively

self-preservation
& coping mechanisms;