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As salt on the senses
as water the heart,
bad hand of cards delta you,
watching mer-sea depart.
Fear of boundless freedoms
paints invisible cages for us
to stand in our own way.
Fear of unknown peoples
paints invisible cages for us
to protect our loved ones.
Vulnerability is true strength
that makes honest connections
an ability.
If you can convince people to want dirt,
you can muddy the waters
between right and wrong.
The caged bird
you won't let sing,
croons the loudest
when it forgets how to.

A song that should've been haunting and beautiful
becomes only haunting.
What is the plight of art and poetry;
if not the human endeavour for grace,
to meet the sense of an ending?
If you pass on compassion,
compassion won't encompass you
but pass you by.
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