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Gestating

Split across the minds of many

Formless

A hundred different shapes

Nameless

Beneath notice, I spread

Amorphous

From many, one

Thousands of torches shine

Constellation

And in their light

I am born

Recognition gives form

Difference breeds difference

From the shroud of prehistory

To the light of day

I am discovered

In discovery, sentience

I need definition

Give me a name

A trick of light am I

Flicker in the mind

Millions of eyes regard

A constellation of thought

In their gaze

I am born

Who am I

Unwritten stories

Legends and

Long-hidden memories

Standing up for the first time

On the shoulders of all who knew me

Bound by earshot I go

Now I wander free

Live through you

Passed away, born again

Waystops through

With me lives spent

Standing up for the first time

On the shoulders of all who knew me

Riding on the leaves I go

Now I wander free

A trick of light am I

Flicker in the mind

Beast of imagination

Conspiracy divine

Millions of eyes regard

A constellation of thought

In their reckoning

I survive

Millions of minds focus

A constellation of thought

In shared consciousness

I am reborn