4.30am

The screeching stillness of dawn,

Cast in pale rays, I step with fox and hedgehog alone,

cold air, broken only by cigarette smoke consumes my body.

I stumble on grass, crisp and wet, majestic and pure,

Determined, shaking, unafraid and scared to death all at once.

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The moon sings it's blue song, the melody falls all around me;

broken only by faint orange hue, so unfiltered,

sepia, it sparks memories of Vietnam footage.

Beauty surrounds me yet remains barred from my form;

White, like my bones, if I inquire too long we may become one.

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The next time I awake I hope it will be as a bird.

To rise in the dawn, unaware of human complexities and vices,

with damaged arms forming to wings, carrying me through meadow and sky,

with beak, to nurture whom I love, whom I protect, whom depend on me,

I only pray such peace can find myself.

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