The Earth Calls Me Home

The Earth Calls Me Home

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I'm feeling kinda sick
I want to let you know.
It's getting hard to breathe 
The smoke has made a hole

You look at me and cry
You tried to tell me so 
Now that I'm dying
You cannot let me go

I breathe out ashes
I watch my body decay
I hold onto emptiness
It will not go away

I reach out for the soil
As the Earth calls me home
My ashes scatter in the wind
One with all I cease to be alone 

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David Penn Arndt 2022

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Artwork Thomas Birdwell

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