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Richard Alan
Poems
Oct 2014
Five Verses on Dying, Living
I gathered dry wood
in the middle of winter,
building a rough nest,
But when I finished
I set it ablaze, thinking,
This should be a pyre.
I don't mind it much,
this controlled descent, to whit,
going down in flames.
If I burn it all,
I'll burn as an offering;
I will rise again.
The phoenix, I have read,
does it all the time.
Tampa, Florida - Late Winter, 2005
#rebirth
#new-starts
#clean-slates
Written by
Richard Alan
Cheyenne, Wyoming
(Cheyenne, Wyoming)
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