Earth

Earth issues forth from Earth forcibly, reluctantly,
Then earth struts on Earth arrogantly, proudly.
And earth fashions from Earth palaces, towers, temples.
And earth founds upon the Earth legends, dogmas, laws.
Then earth gets tired of the deeds of earth, and so it weaves from Earth's own haloes ghosts, illusions, dreams.
Then Earth's drowsiness beguiles the eyelid of earth, and so earth too sleeps solemnly, soundly, eternally.
Then Earth calls out to earth saying: I am the womb and the grave, and I shall remain so until the stars fade and the sun settles to ashes.
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Kahlil Gibran
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