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Obscure Birth

Esther Jacks

Born white
Translucent and obscene
A creature loathed
Despised and unseen
Digesting debris
and reviving this earth
Yet no one awaits
My obscure birth
Rarely do I feel the sun
For Terra-firma
And I are one
Dark and deep
Is where I dwell
Waiting for death
A sharp beak to impale
My frail frigid body
Then to blackness
I will sail
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Characters 310
Words 61
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Stanza Lengths 18
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Esther Jacks

My name is Esther Jacks. I love to paint, draw and write poetry.Please feel free to comment on any of my poems and view my website: www.EsthersArt.com more…

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