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Stone

Don't let it burn, it's the only thing I have

The house is on fire, this just might be the end

But it should live

 

The burnt willow will feed the ashes,

It will suffer , it won't mend

 

We have lived,

You - like them river,

Me - like them stones,

You've had your skin on my crumbling bones

 

I've rolled along,

You have taken me away from this place I belong

Don't let it burn, this is all I have

Let it live, like a memory, for I'm turning to sand.

 

-Tariq

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