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Meet 'e'

(a piece under work, hopefully to take the form of a visual story and a larger setting called "Becoming No-one", it is for another day I leave to expand further on that idea. Until then I would simply say, come, meet 'e' )

‘e’ is neither he nor she
not young nor old
not white, brown, black or gold
(not god, nor devil)
not man, nor beast
‘e’ is alive and loves a feast.

‘e’ is both good and bad
both happy and sad.
‘e’ is brave and kind
even at times jealous and mad.

‘e’ learnt how to love and trust
to live on,
‘e’ knew ‘e’ must.

‘e’ was once young and male
and then a woman and frail.
‘e’ was then a goat shy,
and soon a falcon wry;
then a tiger both fierce and tame
finally ‘e’ burnt out the flame.

‘e’ travelled to paris and milan,
the new york, london and even the barn.
‘e’ went to the mountains and
then to the plains and the sea.
looking for more places and people to be.

‘e’ was once told to be a doctor
                                           a writer
                                           a lawyer
                                           a pea!
eventually ‘e’ chose to simple be.

‘e’ was mocked
     and bullied
     and pushed
     and shunned.
‘e’ complained but to no one.

‘e’ wondered and wandered
‘e’ clambered and pondered
‘e’ forgot and retained
and finally
‘e’ took a leap in great pain.

The free fall halted,
‘e’ was now beyond gravity
‘e’ floated around
for what felt like a century.
Now so high above
‘e’ was starting to freeze,
yet, ‘e’ enjoyed the breeze!

Soon ‘e’ began to float low
and saw a strange land below.
‘e’ took a deep breath and released
now floating down with ease.
as ‘e’ touched the shore
‘e’ was grateful for a new land to explore.