Mad Man

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The trees burn with desire,
As I ran down the forest,
Feet bare,
And hands unfair.

Everything was watching me,
With hungry eyes,
Longing a taste of my flesh
-- flesh that tasted like wine.

The Gods glared me down,
Knowing what I had done,
But I was not ashamed,
To have a dirty soul
Baring many secrets
As old as time itself.

A deer longed to pierce me,
With its crown of ribs.
And wolves wished to feast on me,
Deliver me to death, unaware.
The air wanted to push me,
Down a very high hill
With no defined end,
Or a bottom to hold me still.

Nature and God was against me,
Regretted nursing me,
Regretted singing songs to me.
But I was not ashamed.
Not even when they called me
A mad man,
Burning on fire
With feet that never relaxed,
And hands that never steadied.

What was I supposed to do?
Cower at their bare teeth?
Take in the marks they left me?
Let them bleed me to death?
I will not take it,
For I am a mad man.

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