Charcoal Pastel Poetry Reflection on Theme

Men in Holes

We come from darkness. We come from the earth. And it’s where we’ve been heading since the moment of birth. Escape is in our nature. We struggle from the womb, riding the waves of contractions to our first taste of air. The sunlight helps us grow stronger and taller and farther away. But our feet were built to stay on the earth, toes curling into the soil like roots. Sturdy legs to bare the weight…

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