Sophia

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Origin:

From the fleshy folds
stretching out
contracting
a deep crevice wide
I came
from the earth,
from the warm dirt,
When the green strands
of my beanstalk
twist together they
reach the sky.

From the stars,
I leapt off the glowing edge
when I had gathered my courage.
Saddened by departing,
watching as the star grew smaller in the sky.

I flew
as a wisp before I was brought down by
words

Until I was falling too fast
to care that the star grew smaller,
no longer did it engulf me
it was just a point of light,
stars cluttering the night sky
in little towns

From the fragile smelling countryside
it was difficult to find my own star
I had hoped that it would guide me
when I was in the wrong world.