I Shed the Mountains from My Back
I SHED THE MOUNTAINS FROM MY BACK
I shed the mountains from my back
And flung myself at the horizon;
My eyes,
Spellbound by the crimson
Of the blushing sky,
Chased the waves of tumbling colors;
Arms outstretched,
Like a butterfly over a rose,
I rose toward eternity;
The clouds kissed my cheeks,
As they chuckled the tokens of friendship;
A parade of delicious smells
Entwined around me;
With the lowering of the eyelids,
I swallowed,
Devouring the taste of impunity;
A thousand memorandums of melodramatic music
Benumbed my ears;
Till the merciless human voices
Shook the heavens,
And I awoke
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