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You once were the earth tree,
stretched to the sky,
holding the glorious sun in your hands
like the proud possessor of a glorious truth,
it burnt a hole in your hands.
Those things you believed
about the things you cared about the most
can no longer be held.

You once were the bird man
who flew high and higher still,
till encased in the light you reached out to find
space where there should have been an embrace.
You loved but the sky could not hold you
in her tender arms,
so she spat you back to the ground
where you lie in longing unfulfilled.

Alone
with nothing but thoughts,
head dull in pain and realisation,
heart bursting with a lament of loss,
but was it loss?
For to lose one must have
and now don't you suspect you never did.
Prone on the floor, hunched and cornered.
You held on for a moment
then deep a soft rising wave,
peaking without any way to
stop,
you sob.

Alas poor child, unconsummated and misunderstood,
you have no more faith,
no more tears.
You reached out for everything
for that is what you gave,
but in return all you get is to be part of...
not the uncompromising everything
that you so desired.
The balance is out,
your back is broken
and ground to dust
and ashes.