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Paradoxical
I use words but they are nothing
Speaking lines from my favorite pantomime
Inhaling seawater tasting of air
Going, going gone to places unseen
To pale skin unfelt by calloused hands
My mind racing at the speed of dark
Some things I say connot be said
Others cannot be heard
"Penny for your thoughts?"
-If the price is right
I know to a great exact
The possible impossible-possibilities
Flooding between black and white
Tideless waters
Lit by the unfailing beams of my failing self
I am a sad excuse for the moon
I deafly hear the wolf cry
Not to answer is a sin
Our fate and our follies in hands unclean
The shadows of the deep
Reaching up, up, up for me
Night will stand alone on the shore
When I am gone
Bathed in the unmarred light of another
I am suddenly lupine
Ashen hair alight with metallic fire
Feet submerged
In sand brought by waves I could not give
The tide at mid-calf beckons him
I yearn to glimpse
The green of the ocean
I have watched over for so long
He turns to cloak himself with himself
And selflessly reaches out his hand
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