Swallow

Oh how he wishes the
Earth to open
To swallow him whole
For his heart torn
His mind numb
Lost in a wilderness
Of his own making
This pain

Yet he knows it’s
Not all his own fault
As he wanders alone
By the river
His life like the
Leaf
Carried away
Downstream

Engulfed by words
Blinded by science
Swallowed whole by
Outside sources
His heart sinks evermore
Lost on life’s
Downward stream
The water him that swallow

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