Giantess Becomes the Dwarf

 

I used to be a giant

have I ever told you that?

 

I surrounded and engulfed by myself in perfect harmony

Lazily keeping my own company creating my own shores and boundaries - and utter ignorance

 

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I stood fast against a lot of s**t

in the wind; perfectly self- contained and self-exiled.

 

The only company my soul entertained was my own

And to tell you the truth

I seemed happier.

Happier being an overgrown hermit crouching

hidden in her own shadow.

 

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I used to be a giant

Have I ever shown you that?

 

Queen of my own world

ruler over my thoughts

a wizard with my own feelings;

I used to be.

 

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I’ve grown small –

Tore down my own walls

in my own interest -

 

regretting it most everyday

when the villagers of my life creep around me

poking and prodding at my worn and unprotected self

 

carrying away bits and pieces of me – ruined.