I touch the sun and it freezes me.
I look towards the light but it’s black.
Why can’t I feel?
My skin should burn and peel.
I want the sunshine back!
Now through the smog they call to me,
to make my way across hell’s gate.
To quench the flame?
Or ignite the day?
I guess it’s all the same.
I’ll make my way across hell’s fire,
the point of no return.
I will spread love’s desire,
and I will let it burn.
Life Lessons From Around the Dinner Table 
I love the from and rhyme scheme of this one. Wonderfully crafted with strong imagery and a smooth as silk flow. I did not want it to end. Well written, my friend!
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Thank you so much, my dear friend! I am honored you think so. Have a great weekend! ❤
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“To quench the flame? Or ignite the day?” There is a song with the lyrics, “Is the glass half full or empty? I ask her as she fills it. It doesn’t really matter, pretty soon you’re bound to fill it.” I thought of that the first time I read those two sentences. Then a further thought came about… Is quenching the flame what ignites the day?
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Wow! I am happy to have stirred some thoughts. I love the lyrics you quoted! My response to the “glass half-full or half-empty” question has always been, “It does not matter. Clearly there is room for more.
Thats a great question! I suppose it would come down to perspective. For some, quenching the flame would ignite the day, while others would argue that a day cannot be ignited without the flame.
I think you and I could wax philosophical all day, so I will add this to our list of things to unpack when we have our coffee sunrise chat!
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Well, I typed the lyrics wrong… it should have been “pretty soon you’re bound to spill it”, not “fill it”. I think I shared the song with you before and remember you saying you’d listened to it. In case you want a re-listen, it’s called “The Girl With the Weight of the World in Her Hands” by the Indigo Girls.
I’m glad you’re making a list of things to communicate about. We might need several concurrent morning sunrises, however! (And I’m okay with that!)
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Oh, yes, I thought it sounded familiar, but could not place it. Thank you for the reminder! The song is beautiful!
I had the same thought that we will need more than one sunrise. I am perfectly okay with that, too!
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hell no
damage done is enuff
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That’s why I will extinguish the flames of hate with flames of love. 🙂
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naw uh uh love and hate go together like kismet and fate. i m religous but not spiritual. i am profane and all the things you love to hate too.
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I disagree. Only love can conquer hate. I am spiritual but not religious. I, too, am profane, and I do not hate you.
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of course not cos you have not met me. we love the o s and that is it.
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Even so, I do not think I would hate you. The O’s do seem to be the only thing we have in common. That’s okay!
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you would instantly dislike me.
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🤷♀️
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as per kute monkey see. monkey do. come as you are as a friend hurry up! take your time!
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The choice is yours. Don’t be late.
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kid gloves is on now. then you learn the lesson that is cool to be so tough. handle with kid gloves put on your kid gloves . a world of indifference. head s and heart s too full careless of constant push and pull anger at bare knuckles anger reverse the golden rule. rip neil!
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i choose the danger. to be a familiar stranger. you might be the new grace slick. now that s acomplement cos grace s is 80 and fucking fantastic.
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You would be the first to call me “Grace” and mean it as a compliment!
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check out her body of work. she has aged well. she is an artist in every sense of the word.
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Is she just a singular name “Grace”? Like Cher?
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yes she got the surname from husband number two . one darby slick. but they were all sleeping with one another.
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Oh. Wow, you’ve done your research!
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been listening to her since i was 6
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i have a friend whom should leave me alone , but she wont it takes all my self control to leave her be. it is a one way street and you should never say hello to everyone you meet.
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Is this a warning? 🤔
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no she knows better. i do not feel that way about you. i respect where you are coming from. your prose is deep and thoughtful and you are discreet. truly.
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Thank you! I do admit that I am only completely open with those who are closest to me, which are few.
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exactly. the superificality bores me. how am i> pissed off and wanting so much more. lmao
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I have no clue, but I appreciate you taking the time to keep coming back and reading my work.
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i do as such because it is good.
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Thank you! 🙏
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tears and white noise. boys being boys
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do you think biden likes the delaware destroyers. baaad to the bone. seventh son of a seventh son, the one.
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I don’t know. Biden does not strike me as the George Thorogood type, bit then again, how does one not like One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer?
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one of each and then yell and scream that things are not what they might seem.
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it seems john hardy was is not john wesley hardin!
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cry baby cry. the king of marigold is making bread. the queen is counting money now aint tha funny.
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kid gloves. put them on. just john. dig it well do tell. the spell. being a muse you got nothing ta lose. ha ha ha ha!
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