Running in Denial

~ a poem

A fruit
too heavy to cling 
to the branch of life 
must fall and merge
eternally with soil

How gracefully you call 
a difficult fruit 
to your heart

Then why not I 
too heavy to carry on 
with the austerities 
of human life

Am I not worthy
though weak and fragile
to be with you forever 
in your heavenly sky

Far far away
from the misunderstood pain 
of the world
a suffering race
running in denial.

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