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Condemned we are to live by these
Straight lines, short years,
Choked like weeds by the towering trees
Watering the bare earth with tears;
Unnoticed, unloved, surrounded by
The smallness of this life
The emptiness of the vast sky.
The waters of innocence recede way
Too quickly, and we are left
Stranded in a dry, empty bay,
Of wild sunrise revelries bereft.
We of the shadows have lingered there,
Amongst the sea girls and the fish,
For one split second, drinking it bare;
Until the human voices come, spiriting away the wish.
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