Cactus
I've been arid for so many years
I've forgotten what rain feels like against my prickly spines.
A single droplet plops down from the swirling clouds
Splattering against my skin
And I'm suffocating in its embrace.
I'm drowning when I'm dry
Can't even cry
Even while stuck on the land
I don't know how to try
Someone help me
Please come and save me
Take this tear from the heavens
And wipe it away
I'm drowning when I'm dry
Can't even cry
Even while stuck on the land
I don't know how to try
to remove this curse from the sky
So I stand
with a nonexistent sigh.
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