[[ my genetics -- roots in the ground, then spread to another continent like my parents before me ]]
I pulled my father's
self-consuming heart,
as he once got his,
up from the ground.
I pulled my mother's
enfolding, collapsing mind,
as she once got hers,
up from the ground.
They never told us,
never warned us
who we were,
where we came from
We reconstructed
everything ourselves
in perfect replica
from plans they made
and hid in our bones
long before the fall,
before the burst.
An invasive species, we
fall from the sky, we
land and hold, we
bring next to nothing and we
learn to live with it, we
sink a tap root down, we
drive a spike through the earth, we
hold on tight, we
sink a tap root down, we
drive a spike through the earth, we
hold on tight, we
send a tap root down, we
come up through the ground, we
burst from earth, we
turn towards the sun, we
watch our flower flower, we
green and flower and fade
and dry and fly on this wind
somewhere on this wind
that comes to pull us from ourselves
on this wind.
there is nothing
I can't pull
from down in the dirt
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