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Falling Awake

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The-Archaeon

Published: Jun 5, 2017

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These few words herein displayed
May not seem, but are indeed
Carefully chosen to be
Though absent of melody
The softest voice for we, we
Who know emptiness, nothingness
Void, whose company keeps us
Locked away, dreamless, sleepless
I know, my screams are silent
Too, quiet with lethargy
False and ignorant, regret:
I will never change.

From seven to six, lies
No more. Breathe, you're alive
You, us, countless, lost,
We choose our cage
But as we age, say
So too erode the chains
Keeping us tucked away
Endless forms beautiful
With a splash of colour
Not red, never again,
Paint overcast skies with
Tomorrow's sun.

From the withered flower
The shells of the past collapse
Neither rhyme nor reason
Can translate these feelings
Of freedom, free falling,
Free falling into the present
Open arms, unafraid, Tomorrow
Hold me close, Tomorrow
I trust not yet my legs
Tomorrow, cushion my falling awake.

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