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Below Zero

Bare branches and frosted limbs, reflect how we both feel within, it seems these days, our love is all but alive Her smile is warm, but her shoulder's cold, just as the sun still shines below zero, and it seems these days our love is all just a lie Words that escape our trembling chins, cut as sharp and deep as winter winds, and our quivering hearts can't quell the hate When common ground is blanketed with snow, it freezes seeds of love we've sown, and it seems our frozen hearts are prone to break And still our frostbitten fingers won't let go, so the sun still shines below zero.

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Date: 3/20/2025 8:44:00 PM
I feel those words like the pierce of a falling icicle. Both living in a cold state, as much as knowing that cold shoulder, hard moments in a relationship where it seems like it's all falling away. Well wrote, Shane. I hope if these times have come upon you they've left you in a better place.
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Shane Thacker
Date: 5/19/2025 5:08:00 PM
Jesse, thank you for the lovely comment. I'm grateful to share my writing with you.
Date: 2/21/2025 6:03:00 PM
Hope eternal....... Your message rings loud and clear to me dear Shane despite the bitter chills.
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Date: 2/24/2025 7:49:00 PM
Thank you, Wen. I appreciate your feedback most of all.
Date: 12/14/2024 9:41:00 PM
These are really powerful words. Sometimes the weather reflects how we feel. Well written Shane.
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Shane Thacker
Date: 12/15/2024 4:37:00 AM
It certainly does. I appreciate your kind comment, Tahira. Thank you.
Date: 12/14/2024 7:06:00 PM
Eloquent metaphors, and flowing rhymes, dear Shane. Love the last couplet it made me emotional. Hope you have Happy Holidays ahead ~I Am Anaya
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Shane Thacker
Date: 12/14/2024 7:18:00 PM
Thank you, Anaya. Happy holidays to you, to.

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