Wood
I was born human,
But I've got to be set free!
all these chains that have bound me
All the lectured words have confound me,
I'm a terrible shame, left to die or live in vain.
But no more of this hopeless shame,
I will be me,
And to this, so gain.
That what was lost,
I've found, done better,
And made me mine.
Into my thoughts,
this deathless sleep,
Of wandering voices
From whose far mouths
Have lost their sound.
This will not be me.
I've one life
And I will it all to thee,
The sweet aroma of melded wood
Pounding where a heart should,
For this is me,
I've found it.
This is me,
I will it
This is me,
I bend it forth,
Into this world,
For what it's worth.
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