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Mother Night
Heat lightning
Too distant for thunder
Slowly but surely brings the spell that I'm under
Creeps up like the leaves lying on the forest floor
Pine branches
Their gnarled fingers seek me
But I'm safe on the ground where they'll never reach me
Lying in wait like the leaves on the forest floor
Milk raindrops
Nursing me from the skies
Mother wraps me in darkness with the stars in her eyes
Parched brown like the leaves I nurse on the forest floor
Thunder cracks
That dawn may never break
The air, too hot, robs me of the breath I'll never take
The dew forms false tears from sleep
too deep to wake
My aching spirit leaves me lying on the forest floor
