Get Up, Get Tall
In the light I awaken,
in my mothers womb
in my mothers house
in my dirty hands in dirt.
In the dark I ponder,
in the office
in the papers filled with numbers
in my dirty hands in tears.
In the speed of light I survive,
in my heart
in my love called home
in my clean hands
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