Painfully Soothing

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Take me as I am
I come from this land
In the quicksand of time
That’s where all truth resides

Divided by
The eons and flights it took for me to get here
Timeless
In essence is life

The cruelty and freedom
In realizing that
No one owes us nothing
Painfully soothing

Ian Altosaar