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Water Runs Deep (Free verse) by shwenatjadeflower
I am a placid lake with still waters that run deep.
I wonder what people consider the good in me.
I hear the winter frost crackling over top of me.
I see the air nipping at the valley surrounding me.
I want to imagine the future.
I am a placid lake with still waters that run deep.
I pretend I can soar over the country.
I feel the encompassing tune of a string quatet and it moves me.
I touch the beautiful blue of the sky as I reflect it.
I worry that I am like flypaper, drawing you in, never to be released.
I cry because I could be the ping pong ball
guided by the paddle and hand with no idea where I'll land.
I am a placid lake with still waters that run deep.
I understand that the stillest waters hide the most potent currents.
I say that the world is forgetting.
I dream of a world where everyone's waters run deep.
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