gates//skies

here we sit at the gates of a place i cannot name.
it is the place where all majestic creatures come to die.
this is the place that makes everything worth it.
this place is one i cannot speak of.
i twist my fingers around the wrought gates.
they were forged by human hands far before i was born.
these gates hold me from life's answers.
beyond them lay those kings and queens of the kingdom.
they are the fallen whose ivory taken from them has been carved and crafted.
here we sit at this erie place.
this is the one place where i feel at home with those like me.
i find peace and i seek answers amidst the carcass-strewn elephant graveyard.

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blue skies light my skin on fire.
i'm certainly going to scream.
in a dream where i have seen your face,
i've realized there's more to life.