A bar of soap rinses the sins off of the lying mouths of kids at church and a belt buckle solves our problems at the local mosque,
but I'm letting go.
We're all running from something aren't we? Oh! isn't it so. Mint tea in a flowered cup with a shot of something sweeter.
The sky is the brightest when I'm alone and it is alone that I am now, the leaves all blush a vibrant enough greet at the rays of their sun, couldn't we all be like them?
Pretty little things.
A bar soap catches the earth on my hands and a belt buckle keeps my trousers on.
I'm letting go of you.
Wild and free...
The sky is brighter with a shot of something sweeter, water in your tea cup at the office? a flask of something sweeter at your child's first play.
...makes everything a little easier.
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Once Upon A Time, Time Stopped
PoetryDon't let your mind wander too far, for it will lose its selves - soul, thought and body. A soul that has lost its body is like a cat straying until it cannot pick up the familar scent of home anymore. It never returns, falling slave to a human God...
