My body is a country.<\/p>\n
It is a country<\/p>\n
Of curves, rolling hills,<\/p>\n
Valleys that move to the rhythm of steps,<\/p>\n
Thick forests of redwood,<\/p>\n
Rivers and streams that<\/p>\n
Run through muscle and bone,<\/p>\n
And it is a country<\/p>\n
Ruled by culture.<\/p>\n
It runs like the blood carrying<\/p>\n
Oxygen to every settlement<\/p>\n
And buries its roots deep<\/p>\n
Like the branches<\/p>\n
Of my brain cells.<\/p>\n
I am inhabited by<\/p>\n
Storytellers, artisans,<\/p>\n
Wood witches, students,<\/p>\n
Fortune tellers, thinkers,<\/p>\n
And royalty.<\/p>\n
Every piece,<\/p>\n
Like a freckled star,<\/p>\n
Is apart of me.<\/p>\n
It makes my trees take root<\/p>\n
And it makes my clouds rain.<\/p>\n
But there is a war.<\/p>\n
A great invasion.<\/p>\n
Invators who slash at the moon and<\/p>\n
Make the sun internally bleed.<\/p>\n
There are battles and unrest.<\/p>\n
Make the land smaller.<\/p>\n
Blow through the mountains and hills.<\/p>\n
Flatten out the land<\/p>\n
So that it is smooth,<\/p>\n
Perfect and beautiful.<\/p>\n
Make it rain acid.<\/p>\n
The water will never nourish,<\/p>\n
It will only pollute.<\/p>\n
Let there be control:<\/p>\n
A dictatorship over what I never felt was truly mine.<\/p>\n
It is a power toss.<\/p>\n
Control will sit in my hand like an obedient bird,<\/p>\n
But will then fly away.<\/p>\n
It flutters out of control<\/p>\n
With no way to return home.<\/p>\n
It is a war.<\/p>\n
The only way to win is<\/p>\n
To keep chasing that bird.<\/p>\n
I will keep chasing it into<\/p>\n
The sunset.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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