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</figure></iframe></div></div></figure><p id="bce1">i have been a flower in a tree.
i have been so high up, no one could see
the immeasurable me, the impetuous me</p><p id="fd37">the always, always superfluous me</p><p id="2ded">this is what happens
when a tree has its leaves
on upside down, when the roots don’t grow
underground</p><p id="9368">and the rain goes up instead of down</p><p id="5127">the birds fall dizzied from their skies
gumballs float and swirl and helix themselves
right up and into me</p><p id="9233">can’t you see? i did not <i>ask</i>
to be <i>me</i> — to spend my life
among the bees</p><p id="ab88">i have been a <i>core</i> and colorful whore,
a generous whorl of magenta
lace and edge —
i reach downward towards sky</p><p id="f0c9"><a href="undefined"><i>Christina Ward 💗</i
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</a><i> is a poet and nature writer. If you enjoyed this spoken word poem you may also enjoy some of her other works (with audio)such as:</i></p><div id="d49c" class="link-block">
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<h2>For the Eyes of God and Birds</h2>
<div><h3>A free verse promise — I will write a poem.</h3></div>
<div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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<h2>On a Sunday Visit</h2>
<div><h3>a free verse poem on those moments that stay with you</h3></div>
<div><p>psiloveyou.xyz</p></div>
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