They Gave Me Life
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Of power and purpose
the question of being
destiny & struggle
fear
the quest through
the internal frontier
lost among the trees
powerless against the rays-
they blind-
slashing the dense green sky
if only they would stop
for a moment,
like the dust hovering
in their path.
I am the torch
the fire that knows not why
it is carried so desperately
by the generations-
strong runners willing to fly
like so many moths in October
straight to the light-
sprint, gasp, and die.