{"sf1_id":2125817,"sf2_id":"7ejvrDre","title":"Collision with Previously Blown Off Steam","author":"Apolarbear17","words":248,"posted_at":"2024-04-15T04:25:51.000Z","tags":["Metaphor","Poetry","Steam","Surrounding","past","present"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2125817-collision-with-previously-blown-off-steam","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/7ejvrDre","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/5b/b2/5bb24863-958f-4b20-b144-a3644a4df15f","description":"A poem about blowing off steam and sometimes that steam comes back or never really left. Just something that I was thinking about a while back and had been dealing with, a steam cycle. This is a poem I still think about now and then. Originally posted in April 2022.","content":"\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Collision With Previously Blown Off Steam\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nYou never really expect to run into the steam you blew off in the past\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSteam is supposed to be something that comes and goes not something that actually lasts\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nBut sometimes it will linger when the environment for it is just right\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWhen that happens it doesn't really go away but stays around merely out of front facing sight\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nWhen that happens as new steam builds and there's preparation to billow out some more\n\n \n\nYou bump right into the reheated steam from before\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nNot as hot as it would have been if it was fresh but still not a pleasant experience regardless\n\n \n\nKnowing when you'll collide into this past steam is difficult to say though for steam is chartless\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt can be interesting and bittersweet to run into though\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nFor steam when blown off can take many shapes and vary wildly in how it looks if you didn't already know\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThere is both a sense of satisfaction and annoyance as it surrounds you getting in the way\n\n \n\nPresent melding and floating around with the past as you struggle to keep either at bay\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSteam can take many forms as mentioned but sometimes it's best to just leave it be\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYou already put it out there to linger on past your initial feelings\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt'll be there to look back on and let it go on as you sit back and let yourself try to be free\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;"}