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Description
the dark, damp smell of gentle green
released as urgent feet meet ground -
for an instant lost,
the land bounces off my hardened skin,

as if my seething soles were aflame.
with each leap, a deeper breath,
a longer leap, a bolder wind
carries me up through braided branch,

to undulating canopy,
an anarchy of mass, of dreams,
i'm taking off, i'm taking off!
to all that's always kept me here:

i built and found and lost again
in earthy calm, in swarming smiles,
these strings to play, these skins to share,
yet rainclouds call, the empyrean sings:

i have always had these wings.

Description
the dark, damp smell of gentle green
released as urgent feet meet ground -
for an instant lost,
the land bounces off my hardened skin,

as if my seething soles were aflame.
with each leap, a deeper breath,
a longer leap, a bolder wind
carries me up through braided branch,

to undulating canopy,
an anarchy of mass, of dreams,
i'm taking off, i'm taking off!
to all that's always kept me here:

i built and found and lost again
in earthy calm, in swarming smiles,
these strings to play, these skins to share,
yet rainclouds call, the empyrean sings:

i have always had these wings.