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Humans

Play music and you’re an instrument,

Make dinner and you’re a chef,

Paint a canvas and you’re an artist,

Open a door and you’re a key,

Set fire to a Polaroid, and you’re a photographer.

Burn candles and you’re a priest,

Pull pages from a book and you’re a writer,

Dodge traffic and you’re a warden,

Break a heart and you’re a lover,

Lie and you’re a promise,

Hide and you’re invisible,

Think and you’re emotional,

Cry and you’re a nihilist,

Learn and you’re a sponge,

Sense and you’re a silhouette,

Flicker in the background.

Scream and you’re a vibration,

Sweat and you’re still,

Run and you’re somewhere else,

Look back and you’re a stone,

Stand on the roof and you’re a bird,

Fly and you’re wings will burn,

Look down the hole and you’re human,

See white lights, and green and yellow,

Stop looking and you’re dead.

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Written by
billy-gray
English
Published
Dec 18, 2016
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Tags
#life#people#humans
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