A child of the Sun
How long this time lay I sleeping
in darkness
my eons of oblivion
and dreams of nothing
to stir at the turning key
the door opening
eggshell cracking.
How brief this time am I animated
in light
a crying breath
a withered used death
a flash extinguished
to sleep in waiting again
in blankets of blackness
a century or millennia
till the next random chance
tap me awake again
watch a sunrise
and live
watch the sun set
and die
to weave my next cocoon
and fall into sable hibernation
of unwondering and dread
that the next time I awaken
the fire will be dead.
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