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Fire and Ice

Freezing cold unbearable frost ridden cold Finger numbing unforgiving cold cold you could burn in Cold that could bury you in ice The kind of cold that bites The kind of cold you fight with weapons that most often fail Cold that burn with a different flame Freezing extremeties until they're lame Killing cold the cold that maims Everywhere the hell outside Even the moments beacon hide Yet fragile is the shelter inside where cold creeps inwhen it decides Snow has become the flames of fire everywhere around us as it desires And yet the oppisite of hells fires but the same effect as God requires This is a lesson about a place while we have choices and our escapes spring will come and winters erase But what is there for this hellish race? What is there when you can't escape?

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Date: 5/26/2022 6:31:00 PM
“This is how the world will end not in fire but in ice!” So very nice, love this one, (looking to read more) always love the duality simplicity similarities in fire and ice. Good poem love the repetition. You can almost feel cold…
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Date: 3/2/2020 12:38:00 AM
Powerful poem. Love it
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Date: 8/14/2014 5:55:00 PM
This is a great poem. We will always have choices, we just have to know how to choose right. Thanks for sharing... Lucilla
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Date: 7/21/2014 8:19:00 PM
Love this poem, TS! It rocks with lots of fire and ice!
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Date: 2/14/2014 12:07:00 PM
A wonderful flow T S., I love hiding. LOL, I like this cold, but with different flare... You got it, hot & cold... Always... Thank you for being a friend. LINDA
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Date: 2/13/2014 8:11:00 AM
Very good rhythm and rhyme in this one about a great topic "While we have choices and escapes"..At some point we have no escape and no choice for our fate is sealed..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara
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Date: 2/12/2014 9:20:00 PM
I would like to escape the cold right now. I'm currently bracing for the snow that is scheduled to hit us late Wednesday night. Reading your descriptive poem made me feel colder.
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Date: 2/12/2014 7:10:00 PM
This is great take on a harsh winter. I love this.....Tim
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Date: 2/12/2014 6:23:00 PM
I saw this and I just had to read it. i had thought of writing a poem of fire and ice, but mine would be very different. i understand where you are coming from. I lived up north for 38 years. We just have to accept whatever Nature brings. Thanks for sharing... Lucilla
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