By Nadia Irshād
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This world can be consumed
Eat
gorge and you will stay hungry
a famine will kill you
Before you know it
your feet are turned up and in
stifling your soul, inverting your eyes
making it so you are unable to recognize beauty
Wayfarer
we need to cross the desert to reach the oasis
Flee from the port
set sail
depart before the night
before the city lights hypnotize you
I saw your fingers clasp your neck last night
Wayfarer
take my hand, let me show you
keep yourself close, so close you can hear your body drum
Feel the sand in your hand
and soon we will be before the tree
our exile will come to an end