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Morning Wind

You born and cry with the morning wind
Whipping you as you flourish
Under the protective covering
Up from a fall
From a life that should've brought a cyclical death
Wish upon his broad shoulders and back
Home for a sunrise from his imagine
How far you have come.

How far the morning wind has taken you.

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