At Birth

At Birth By: Tom 11-6-2019 Each life is like a taper seen burning bright, Consuming our wick illuminating the night. By mid life we’ve reached our burns climax, Later comes a flicker, then a puddle of wax.
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Rodrigues Avatar
November 6, 2019 at 8:28 AM
Perhaps, true, but the old have much to enlighten us with.
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