I ran at searing pace
Legs inflaming dead leaves
Their corpses a clear sign
Of a unwitting killer
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Long sullen branches
Reached out to grasp
Hold me tight in warm embrace
Protecting from forbidden fruit
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The moon had now gone away
As if refusing to look me in the eye
Time’s just mists cradled stars that lay
Though, of pure core, I couldn’t fathom why
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The trees finally caved in to foolish demands
Heartbroken, allowing wander to the nothing
Laying beyond their loving earthly hands
I emerged, rough breaths now hushing
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A silent clearing was what rested beyond
Where even the grass didn’t sing songs
Reaching longingly towards azure waters
Only to be deprived by sand, the loneliest of trotters
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As I raised my head, my eyes met another
Identical, yet so very different in colors
Entombed in a purple dark shroud
Sitting on a dock, surrounded by clouds
Quietly fishing with no care at all
But then, an understanding did fall
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Two strangers, face to face
In one very brief moment
Glimpsed a slight trace
Of who and what was
The moon emerging
Reflected in each other’s eyes
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