Inspired by The Fifth World
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The original sin was the sin of self. I am I. I am not you. They poisoned the Earth for millennia, Poisons that still leak from their cisterns, From their white-hot chambers, From their mounded waste, From their drowned or buried ruins, From their long-forgotten hearts. I am I. I am not you. Immediately, spirit was struck blind, Became deaf, became dumb, became silent, Could no longer hear the words of wolves, The whispers of wild grain, The songs of trees, The passions of wildflowers; Dwelt alone behind the borders of self, Cut off from the spirits that surrounded it, besieged it, From the ocean of spirit that thrashed against its walls, From the love that waited at its gates. I am I. I am not you. But you are us. You poisoned us, You poisoned all of us When you poisoned yourselves. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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