The Blood & The Bones

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it has become too loud again
and so I run
I run to where it feels like home
to know the ever open embrace
of Mother Earth
shedding the weight
at the gates
going in alone
the ground presses up
against my feet
cradling me
pulling me forward
as the curtain slowly closes
the deeper I go
drawing in the sounds of the world
fading out
moving on
when I cannot
when I won’t
time slows down
between these trees
as I willingly enter to get lost
and yet I know I will find myself
in these woods one day
or I will die here
going in to never return
laid to rest in moss and dirt
gifted wholly to her
as she has given me
countless rebirths
but this is my wish
my choice

the blood
& the bones