Long listed for the Write about Walking Together competition 2024

There is a white line that bleeds as it walks 
Into a black soon grey
That makes a sound like this:
Swish swish.
And pools and purls and pools 
Until no line is left

Except the red line between two hearts that pulls 
Into a beat soon song
That makes a sound like this:
Suck suck.
And booms and blends and booms 
Until no line is left

Except the green line that leads to a forest you walk 
Into your body soon earth
That makes a sound like this:
Swoosh swoosh.
And buds and blooms and buds 
Until no body is left.

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