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i'd like to be an insect
to just wake up one day
and see the vast, wide world
in a completely different way

the parking lot pavement
would become a sea of gray
i'd shelter under mushrooms
as it starts to rain

i'd scuttle high on branches
and burrow deep in earth
i'd see colours unknown
but give people a wide berth

the pebbles on the porch
would be like mountain peaks
the grass on the front lawn
would be like redwood trees

i'd like to be an insect
perhaps just for a day
i'd like to shed my worries
and put my thoughts away

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an insect by attributionalternate_emailstygianoia

posted 4 weeks ago, edited 4 weeks ago

On different perspectives.

poem poetry writing

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