Artemis Lost

A Poem

I lived inside a world.

One I understood.

It was alive and it did speak,

in words that I could see.

I felt the wind blow over me

in unfamiliar places.

Surrounded by rock faces,

Ancient trees and Sacred spaces.

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I lived inside a dream,

wrapped up in a thought,

of what this place could be,

from something I was taught.

Some dreadful lie I told myself

to obscure all the thoughts.

the truth of what this always was,

some dark and ancient plot

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I live inside a hole,

Consumed by a machine,

with gears that crush the memories

and turn them into reveries.

the world that was

was drowned by gods

turned to ash

and ground to dust

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Maybe I just dreamed it all,

and Artemis was always lost.