When skies were black and blue

I was chased by the wind

With fireflies in my stomach

And I burned brave and bright

–

Before the forest enveloped me

And those fearless years,

Before the seeds of worry

Were sown marrow deep

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Too often

I pass through the distant light

Of that bygone life,

To be chased into the present

–

Where illusions reclaim me

Under shades of blue

As the war clouds deceitfully

Billow away