Friday, May 6, 2022

The Child Knows

 

out of childhood, so resilient, too bad a child must learn to grieve. a life filled with rain, the soul from miracles, eating on a fate night; it’s been a long day, the gravel seems friendly, so low the skies evolve.

was right about it, knew it with conviction, a child carries garbage: bags of liver-works, pig’s intestines, refuse and grime.

speaking change. something first innocent. many learned behaviors.     can’t sit in stillness. can’t move much. caught in contradiction.     wings growing, through a marsh field, trying to take lessons; the mayfly upon winds, the mind gathering hope, something feels like slime—albeit, a soul is doing goodness.

becoming more of what was desired, skipping what was determined, flying in silence.  

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