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Weightless

Breathless

The fog clears from my mind

As scalding crimson

Fills our lungs

My thoughts cast back in time

She stirred, asleep

Until storm’s retreat,

And awoke with naught to say,

“He lives, he lives,

I’ve seen our boy, he lives!

He’s buried beneath

Our very feet

All we must do is dig”¬¬

Absurd revelation

Moral reservation

In sleep, our guide awaits

Earth and bone

Flesh and stone

Carved away

Take back our own

Earth and bone

Flesh and stone

Carved away

Take back our own

Wake

Rise

Work

Move

Why?

Bring him back,

Follow through

Return us our child true

Earth and bone

Flesh and stone

Carved away

Take back our own

The deeper we go

The longer our hair

The thinner our numbers

The thicker the air

Mountain’s heart

Infected

Carve it away

Lies

As scalding crimson

Fills our lungs

My eyes cast to the side

Wading through

Cacophony of

Cadavers and cries

The guardian

One child in hand

Leaves the rest to die

Misfortune born

Of desperation

Two hearts led astray

Buried beneath

Misguided dreams

Suffering in vain

Final lamentation

Moral revelation,

Collapsing mountain’s vein

Bring them back

Pride entombed

Drown in blood

Our children true

Earth and bone

Flesh and stone

Carved away

Destroyed our home