Echinocereus Pectinatus

What is green and dry?
With a strawberry peach blossom. 
Guarded by its high bridge,
Only the sun can touch its life. 
Rooted from underneath,
Where there are fragments to seek.
Can withhold the deadliest air to breath.
It stores their needs and can handle the breeze.
There is a meaning which is the absence of recognition. 
Can swindle through you and leave no ends.
What it means to harness the bones alone. 
Swirling down the hall with headphones,
No need to wear a mask. 
What are you so afraid of? 
Mold inward, crumble it down.
Stretch your arms out and fill up space.
What is next?
Find the bliss of sorrow and love on. 
What kind of legacy will define your destiny?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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