She had been silently dreaming,<\/p>\n
Dreaming all along,<\/p>\n
Of Wings, of Sky,<\/p>\n
Of the miraculous.<\/p>\n
She had never suspected,<\/p>\n
Though she gave an occasional and sidelong glance,<\/p>\n
Half-seeing what she saw,<\/p>\n
That meek and quiet were protective seals,<\/p>\n
A wax rind to conceal the power<\/p>\n
To break her world apart<\/p>\n
And set it alight<\/p>\n
With just the might of thinking.<\/p>\n
The dirt under her fingernails,<\/p>\n
The coarse weave of her cloth,<\/p>\n
Did not prepare her.<\/p>\n
Wildflower crowns and dextrous hands<\/p>\n
Did not hint.<\/p>\n
Breaking clods of earth and singing were no foreshadowing<\/p>\n
Of her will,<\/p>\n
Nor of how easily reality could break,<\/p>\n
With just a few words exchanged with a stranger<\/p>\n
Who was not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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