MATTER

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You can not help but be matter

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Should you grow still

Turn bones to stone

Take no step further

The world would still find roost

In you chest and grow lush on your shoulder

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Should you grow silent

Turn voice to quite

Vibrate no molecule

The hallow where your song belongs

Would still echo

A lament for lost lyrics

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Should you hide from sight

turn only to outline

Cover over body and being

You will still cast a shadow

Where seeds would shelter

and ferns will thrive

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You can not help but matter