Simplicity
There is a wish I hold dear to my heart
To live a simple life
I hold as my deepest regard
For even the thought of this wish
Is like the stabbing of a shard
I wish with great desire to be a shark
To be a swimmer and simply a swimmer
A beautiful absence of identity
I will know nothing
Other than I am a swimmer,
A swimmer with a colossal appetite
For the sake of my sanity, I wish to be an ant
To know nothing expect, I’m tiny and strive to survive
I’m now worth a thousand ants, yet
They may still roam my home without worry
For they stay grounded on their own world
When I dream, I wish to be a windflower
To carry no burdensome thoughts
I shall sit in the sun’s rapture at day
And patiently await it’s magnificence at night
Or I will be picked by a poor roaming child
Since childhood, I've hoped to grow to be a child
To be wanderer of wonder and explore my vast home
I will appreciate its undeniable preciousness
For my home will be my invaluable world
And I’ll see with wondering eyes
It is the same for my fellow neighbors
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