This poem appears in The Spirits Three: A Short Story Collection.

Image: Leroy Skalstad

Soundtrack: Humanity by Thomas Bergersen

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A child I was

When I first knew

My role on Earth

My job to do

The wind, it blew

The fire raged

My soul anew

No longer caged

Memories surged

In my mind

Of times long past

Friends left behind

Of journeys made

And debts thus paid

Days and nights

Of endless fights

I am no more

What I once was

A nameless being

That time is past

My spirit chose

This human life

It knew this choice

Would bring such strife

So don't you dare

Judge me by size

The planet's light

Shines in my eyes

My past lives

Centuries more

Within reach if

I open the door