{"sf1_id":842224,"sf2_id":"znJZW5kn","title":"Poem #21","author":"Shadowfortuna","words":203,"posted_at":"2015-04-01T21:07:00.000Z","tags":["Emotion","Fantasy","Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/842224-poem-21","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJZW5kn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/fb/3a/fb3a4b52-1f60-4f6e-95a0-64833a4939a8","description":"#21 of My Poems","content":"Things change so fast,   \nReality alters at a changing pace,  \nGrowing faster and faster,  \nPain growing beyond the point of control,  \netching itself in my muscles and bones,\u0026nbsp;  \nIt feels like lava\u0026nbsp;flows through my body,  \nBurning everything to ash.  \n  \nI look down\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;I\u0026nbsp;remain whole,  \nThen\u0026nbsp;it\u0026nbsp;starts once more.  \nBurning ever hotter,  \nAs if i am a phoenix that is cursed.  \nTo remain in this pitiful body.\u0026nbsp;\n\nEven as i look down,\u0026nbsp;  \nmy aura changes in my sight,  \npurple fur sprouts around my body,   \neven as i feel the warmth of power.  \n  \nThe\u0026nbsp;pain eases as i smell the forest,   \npine and cedar, brush\u0026nbsp;and dirt,  \nmy right hand goes numb, \u0026nbsp;  \nas i look at it, i see my hand,   \nbare and numb, all feeling lost to it,  \nI feel\u0026nbsp;I've\u0026nbsp;lost something precious,   \nyet i can't remember how it came to be gone.\n\nI feel so old, so tired,   \neven as i breath in Mother Earth's scent,  \nFeel the welcoming presence that is always her,   \neven as i feel her pain, i can feel it's echo ache in my body,\u0026nbsp;  \nDeep within myself, i feel it all.  \n  \nSometimes, i feel a Monster deep within,  \nTrapped and yearning for control,\u0026nbsp;  \nHunger and anger wrapped tightly in a coil.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"My Poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/823124-poem-20.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/844167-poem-23.json"}}