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Enigma (By Eleanor Freemer)

    Who am I?     What am I?     My flesh is real, Yet I am like someone invented by a malicious God, a creature constructed of fog            and       mists of swirling clouds that hide me     From the passing crowds.     My bones are woven grasses that     wave along the zephers      which stir around my earthbound feet.     But touch me gently with your hands     and you will feel my pounding heart.     Look at me with tender eyes and you will see     Sorrow like sap running through the branches of my soul.     And if you love me, we two will born     like a hot spring that soothes away all pain,     enfolding us with softness and perfume.           Than when you leave me, as you surely will,     I will shrivel and fall apart ...