Wish

by Scarlett Catanzaro

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I wish I could melt into the earth

Feel it’s solidity

It’s strength 

Be whole and unyielding

Know of love, destruction, grace, and humanity 

Understand the elements of all there is 

I wish I could melt into the earth 

Become nature

See the beauty in all the ugly

Reach out with my branches towards the unknown

I wish I could melt into the earth

Be and not be

Sink into the collective

Become another notch in the universe 

Maybe then, I could truly let go