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She chose to walk alone Though others wondered why Refused to look before her, Kept eyes cast upwards, Towards the sky.- She didn't have companions No need for earthly things. Only wanted freedom, From what she felt were Puppet strings.- She longed to be a bird. That she might fly away. She pitied every blade of grass For planted they would stay.- She longed to be a flame, That brightly danced alone. Felt jealous of the steam That made the air its only home.- Some say she wished too hard. Some say she wished too long. But we awoke one autumn day To find that she was gone..- The trees, they say stood witness. The sky refu