earthbed

Big old city

you're a little too loud,

well trodden pavements

getting lost in crowds,


Itch beneath my skin

I can't even prod,

pull on my bones

I can't control,


hold on for a second

tune out the noise,

ringing in my head

is that my own voice?


can you hear my heart

poking in my ribs,

singing with birds

dancing with the winds,


why are you rushing ahead

walking so fast,

you'll crush the sapling

poking his head out,


leave me behind

let me lay on ground,

warmth enclosing me

I'll sleep so sound,


maybe I'll come back

after I cross the veil,

to see the earthbed

grow mosses on my grave.





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