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Aug 2016
Ashes everywhere
How did this happen
Everything that's right is wrong
We got too close
We started to burn
Ashes left behind
I don't dare breathe
You scent will assail me
If I keep my eyes wide shut
I can hang onto memories
I got too close to your flame
I screamed out your name
Fire consumed
And all I'm left with are ashes
Time doesn't stop
I continually hear the tick of the clock
But my seconds are hours
Hours are days
All I want is for you to speak my name
You got to close to me
Smoke kept you from breathing
The fire you gave me
Consumed I and you
All we're left with are ashes
"Ashes to ashes
we all fall down"
Karina Norris-Veirs
Written by
Karina Norris-Veirs  Oklahoma
(Oklahoma)   
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