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Swept Away

the fire and i are both dying life is like that in that even the phoenix needs a flame for me to speak your name sparks my heart's ashes yearning to burst forth from the urn fall to earth from the mantle to the hearth then fly with the wind

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Date: 10/26/2019 4:09:00 PM
Jeff, 'even the phoenix needs a flame...' Very nice embers left in this poem. -Richard
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 10/26/2019 7:18:00 PM
Thank you Richard. Have you ever pondered could there possibly ever be a last pheonix?

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