Alone

Once

a man grew

more than he should

trying to grab

the sky wide and blue

hoping he could pass over

the clouds

to reach god

and rip from him the truth

But then

he heard a voice claim

"No man should be that tall"

So furious he made

a furnace called hate

to melt that voice inside

which frail as a bird taken by the neck

couldn´t help but watch himself

burn

As the man added more logs to the flames

he heard someone call

"No man should be burned

for speaking his ways"

so he grabbed him too

to fuel his hate

and they weren´t the last

Soon others danced with them

to the beating rhythm

of the cracking flames

while the giant watched as he wondered

how could they lift up

their heads

if he had broken

their spines

how could they still

laugh

if he had crushed them

to dust

He ignored he had taken their feet

but their suffering turned into wings

which took them far

even past

the clouds

When he realizes

he´s all alone

he will reclaim this

cold piece of earth

his own.