51.
I say:
This love will kill you
I warned.
You say:
Even if so
whoever dies of love
finds eternal life.
52.
Tall is the wall.
We are the bricks.
Divided we stand.
Together we fall.
53.
Like a worm seeking light
dig a pore to within.
Wisdom is in cocoon
dreaming her wings.
54.
I helped them put walls around me.
They promised windows
and they put
but a closed one
with muddy glasses
55.
You will stand in front of thunder
with the salve of your hands
when wounds are burning like sun.
I smell you within the breeze.
Your dream is the earth's heartbeat
and roads turn to rose gardens
under your bare feet.
Oceans need your rain.
Sun needs your rising.
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