my heart is the size of the world
and, beating, pulses through
the living breathing bodies
of the dangerous and wondrous
forest
my heart is the size of the world
and my ancestry goes back
to the sun
to that great being with long tendrils of flame
surrounding a benevolent fierce face
and my body, like the body of that
great fierce being
radiates outwards in all directions
i am descended
from the sun
and how could i not look
back
back
back
to honor that lineage?
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