From the frayed ends of loyal bonds

Some effortlessly soar  

Staring back at home’s pale glow

Sinking in the mist

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An old refuge of hope

And hardship and horror

Gleams sparse and unclaimed

Sailing out of hardened hearts

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They are freed from each other

Exiles and their mothers

Spinning off into their corners

A growing wilderness between

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 In their unbreakable silence

They circle their fires

True to their own stars

Beyond the groves they know