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The Parallax Of A Cold Winter's Morning"

She walk's through the sun kissed park    
Braving the winter air    
Not a care in the world    
Through endless voids    
And Infinite mazes    
They act as paths    
Through the due ridden    
Grass of a brand new day.    
   
She spies with her little eye    
A falling Leaf    
Beautiful in its simplicity    
It falls to the ground    
With little effect    
She picks up the orphaned stalk    
examining it    
Squinting at its alien form    
It looks familiar    
But she cant quite place it.    
She has no idea what a Leaf is.    
   
She continues her journey    
Through endless paths    
Becoming one with gravity    
Moving ever so fast    
Answering questions    
Under her breath    
That were never asked.    
   
She chances upon a group    
Chain smoking    
dole scroungers    
standing by the abandoned    
park cafe.    
She greets them    
Its just what she does.    
   
The lads laugh    
They begin to    
point and stare    
Imitate and discriminate.    
In unison They begin to pelt    
rocks at this "strange" person    
standing before them.    
She doesn't flinch    
she has no concept    
of what is taking place    
She has no concept of    
electric signals traveling    
to her brain    
Or the cruel names    
And foul language    
Being hurled in her direction.    
   
She becomes confused    
what is this feeling?    
A stray stone    
impacts on the side of her head.    
She starts to bleed    
But she has no concept    
Of blood or pain    
Caused by damaged flesh.    
She becomes scared    
She begins to growl    
Louder and louder    
Passers by    
Stop and stare    
And update there    
Facebook status    
Concerning the strange Growling    
Girl in the park    
But she's not "Growling"    
She's screaming in pain,    
Pain caused by a uncaring society    
who fear and persecute    
what they do not understand.    
Viewed from A different line of sight    
She becomes a parallax of a    
cold winter morning.    
   
She hobbles away    
Down a nearby path,    
She turns to see another Leaf    
fall from a nearby tree    
It seems familiar    
But she has no idea what a Leaf is.    
 
Written by zenithquasar77 (Marcus cooke)
Published | Edited 11th Mar 2013
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