How Can I Leave Myself Again?

Lark Morrigan
Nov 4 · 1 min read
Source: Priscilla Du Preez, via Unsplash (Unsplash License)

I keep betting on the blues
that never seem to leave me,
getting carried away by
tempestuous trade winds
that lead to nowhere.

There’s a chasm within that amazes me,
yet I am empty with a thirsty soul,
in thirst of dancing waters flowing
through the land of the wild country,
the beckoning heartland
that…

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Lark Morrigan

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writing my way out of self-sabotage, introspecting at every angle, and turning the apocalypse into poetry and prose // larkmorrigan.com

Song of the Lark

A publication by Lark Morrigan (est. July 16, 2019)

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