Tag: Fate

It’s a long night,

safe, for now, in the swan’s feather,

delaying inevitable.

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Precariously balanced,

wind threatening to topple me over,

onto the thirsty ground.

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I grieve over the fate

all falling droplets meet—

before me and after.

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I wonder…

I pray…

I hope to be better.

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Dawn wakes me.

No longer falling, I rise in a cloud

to be one with the sky…

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