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I can tell a good thing just from one sight As a newborn, I hugged my mother tight And I knew from the first glance at the Sun I was glad I was born in a summer month Could tell from the way you handled light How it lit up your face, how you smiled bright, That I want to bask in it all my life. I would attach wings to my back to fly They melt to a puddle but I feel the shine I will gladly take the fall and die, For knowing the disaster that would come Still, soaring high up and risking it all, is a kind of courage I never owned But who wants to die without feeling scorned? I’d rather bear the burn marks on my skin, Scars, scabs, and tears, than to be soft and clean. A clean corpse dressed in white laying in the grave, without stains on my skin without pain Not the Sun in the sky, not the heat, Just the cold ground and the mites to meet.
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Apr 5, 2025
Apr 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC
Between the Sun and the Grave
I can tell a good thing just from one sight As a newborn, I hugged my mother tight And I knew from the first glance at the Sun I was glad I was born in a summer month Could tell from the way you handled light How it lit up your face, how you smiled bright, That I want to bask in it all my life. I would attach wings to my back to fly They melt to a puddle but I feel the shine I will gladly take the fall and die, For knowing the disaster that would come Still, soaring high up and risking it all, is a kind of courage I never owned But who wants to die without feeling scorned? I’d rather bear the burn marks on my skin, Scars, scabs, and tears, than to be soft and clean. A clean corpse dressed in white laying in the grave, without stains on my skin without pain Not the Sun in the sky, not the heat, Just the cold ground and the mites to meet.
Nemesis
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Apr 5, 2025
Apr 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC
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