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In Swaddling Cloths (Other) by Blue Magpie
None must live that none may die
I here the darkling angels cry;
and the legal spiderâs social silk
binds us for good, or some such ilk.
Secure, protected and insured;
to such, and formlessness, inured,
we suffer sensitivity
and bemoan our bland identity.
But children, touching common sense,
know life is an experience
and slip between protective cracks
to break the rules behind our backs
and reaching out towards the light
rough-and-tumble, love and fight.
Yet still the blindling spider spins
preserving us from all our sins
by building us a hiding hole
not wisely teaching self-control
and ever gently through the years
leads us away from pain and tears.
Drawing the light out of our eyes
âtil we can not do otherwise
but live bewildered and denied
with loving eyes still open wide,
that staring into darkness see -
not truth, but endless fantasy.
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