She was born from earth
\nMeant to lie beneath man
\nThat was never her plan <\/p>\n
Now she dreams of wings that shimmer like mother of pearl in the daylight.
\nSometimes they were golden.
\nNever quite the same.
\nThey were warm, her shelter from the rain and the snow.
\nThey cradled her while she dreamed.
\nShe looked in the river and she was gorgeous, her wings reflected back in her beautiful ocean eyes.
\nThis is always when the dream changes.
\nShe screams.
\nThe false god rips her garden away and her wings.
\nShe used to know how to fly, that was before her bones were broken.
\nTrapped within a hurricane, long forgotten the art of taking off.
\nBogged down in the wind and rain feels like drowning.
\nShe reached for someone and they freed her but with freedom she lost her wings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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