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midnight journey

Childhood memories
I thought I had lost
beyond the veil of time
come back to save me
while everything else
burns down
my present world
a scorched black forest
with smoking fire
still on the horizon.

A hobo and a vagabond
my rescuer is ready for a journey
she’s bundled all our things
and thrown a bindle stick over her shoulder
where as once I used to hold her
gently to me
now she’s hefted me up
and holds me like a babe
while I cling to her
on our midnight journey
and wait for all the badness
to fade into the background
faraway from us.

– matt at shadow of iris

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[Inspired by the work of Esao Andrews.]