Sylvan Grade…

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Can stone

turn to tree

or was that just eroded memory?

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Yet, if water turns to earth

and air

and earth to fire

and air to water

by dint of long forgotten alchemy.

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And if indeed

the Fire-King and Earth-Maiden

have spawned a beautiful daughter…

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There may yet be

some fleeting semblance of hope

for me…