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My tree reached up, it's branches rose

Leaves twisted 'til they found the light

And yet at first I did suppose

Your eyes were filled with deadly night

I wonder now, as time has past

Has instinct dulled to dust

Leaves are slowly twisting back

Green fading now to rust

Petals fall towards the ground

More as each day sails past

Nothing but dead earth is found

Soul decayed unto the last

From smallest speck that I have left

Can I reach beyond the grave

I fear that I'm beyond bereft

Traveled too far to forgave

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