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Ryan Laffin
Adelaide, pliant as smoke, blown by the breeze, drinking the gifts of helpless jokesters
Light the world afire with life, reeking of rebirth, and gasp to gaze on your unseen potential
Breathe your silent screams and survive another night until the morning burns away the fog and we both see the chances you once held so cheap
In cerulean scenes, your eyes outshine, blazing with light of renewed perspective
Show me the world in your pupil’s reflection, and burn away breath with your glare’s blue flame
Rule your dominion with unwavering sympathy, guiding the wretched with guileless touch
Until uncreation and the loss of laughter, when your soul too shatters in response to new lights
And in the moment of bent earth, I’ll write of your fancies, of unfound hills and waterfall tears
The way the wind carried the song of your voice, and the pictures you painted with words
And when all the world knows of your wonders, their written hands will lift you to life
Repairing the blows of unflinching knowing with the strength of an unseen light
