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Subject: Umbra

Author:
Sasha

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Date Posted: 15:56:19 01/21/08 Mon

Umbra

”child of shadow”,
she'd spit at me
with disdain...
and the breaking of me,
hurt

beyond flesh
beyond words
beyond the time of day, that
I would gift myself
to be free

I became a thief
of seconds,
collecting them
for the consumption
of moments

so my little girl lyrics
could dance
with grace, upon
the dusking breeze

and it was there
in the sable tapestry
of half light,
I would get my taste
of freedom

safe in the whisper
of umbra,
while all around me slept,
I could finally
open my mouth to the sky
and sing

© Sasha ‘07

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