Safety

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Safety is a thing that soars

Wraps the weakest in a hug

Lifts you up on its wings-- made of clouds

When you land

It's in a cotton candy nest

A sweet treat

You feel it stick to your teeth

Leaning back

Into the tree of innocence

Fiddling

With the leaves of protection

They fall onto your face

They just sit there

You don't flick them off

Like a cleansing mask

The tar and shadows

Of the tornado

Creep in from the west

They don't hit you

Not yet

The storm

Makes the fresh flowers grow.

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