I walk through this forest with solemn fascination
\nOak and ash and maple deluge all senses
\nRoot and leaf and scurrying things give way before my strides
\nI perceive this ancient soul and I am home<\/p>\n
But I sense another presence
\nJust beyond the boughs
\nBeckoning my heed
\nAnd I strain to see<\/p>\n
I walk through this forest and I gaze into the stars
\nThe boughs break and give way to them
\nAnd I cannot look away
\nThey guide my steps and I do not falter<\/p>\n
I am mesmerized
\nI no longer feel home
\nThe flames of desire ignite beneath my feet
\nAnd I burst forth<\/p>\n
I run through this forest with reckless abandon
\nYearning to see more of the celestial lights
\nThey dance above the trees and urge the trees to part
\nAnd the trees consent so that I may bathe in heavenly glory<\/p>\n
And I feel whole
\nHome is just within reach
\nBut suddenly they vanish
\nAnd my legs waver<\/p>\n
I stumble through this forest disoriented and weary
\nI cry out to them, the stars, my new home
\nMy home I glimpsed but for a moment
\nTeardrops of desperation cloud my vision<\/p>\n
And it begins to rain
\nThe tears turn to sadness
\nThey stream down to my lips
\nAnd I taste them; they are somehow quenching<\/p>\n
I sit in this forest and drink of my tears
\nI take them into the void the stars created within my core
\nThe void they refused to fill
\nBut I find that my tears no longer have salt<\/p>\n
The trees have departed
\nThe long grass has taken their place
\nIt seems I should move
\nThough I have not the strength to stand<\/p>\n
I crawl through this grassland aimlessly adrift
\nThe rain turns to storm
\nThe storm turns to tempest
\nAnd I have no more tears from which to drink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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