Genevieve Taggard - Forever Lost

Forever lost–like birds forever flying,
Searching bleak space,
Circling, and with the south wind crying
Across earth's face:

Arrowed I fly, and like them lost forever,
Having once seen
Scarlet in a jungle, by a deep river–
Scarlet and green.

Genevieve Taggard

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