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Shifting Wings Lifted

Canal channel calm Calm swan route rowed Rowed with your oars Oars of square shoulders Shoulders I sheltered beneath Beneath your wings afloat Afloat on luxe lake Lake made me safe Safe with your sage Sage directed my passage Passage protected Protected from the ocean Ocean of troubled tumult Tumult groomed off my coat Coat you fitted with new buttons Buttons you held Held securely together Together we travesed Traversed rivers flowing Flowing patiently Patiently picking me up Picking up my supplies Supplied my fantasy My fantasy you strove Strove to give Give without hesitation Without you I'm xeric Xeric forlorn flimsy Flimsy as a fledgling As a cygnet in the surf, helpless Helpless, hapless in danger Danger eradicated Exchanged for feathered heaven Feathered my fall each time Time I took from you, mine Mine to entwine your vigor Vigor towards your growth Towards seperate ideals Ideal provision Provided constant care Care dealt with no cost Cost feeble offspring pressure Pressure pulling on your wings Wings lifted stretched out of reach Reach their own potential Potential to strengthen Strengthen our bond Bond of production Producing competence Competent, unburdened 16th January Degrees of Separation - for Jameille -

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