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*What fire is this? Within your eyes Like a ball of light Gently caressing the ominous skies Are you an omen to match my sign? Or mere bones to cast in an empty cask? I only ask because so many heads Have turned away from this overcast Just because of your fire That hopeful passion Which pulls each sailor slowly on To survive another night until the dawn To wonder if this your purposful fire Is meant to bring us back To the very thing which we ought to desire Away from the devouring grave of the sea To a house made of stone on the inland maybe? Where are bodies would find the true solace of earth And just might be at peace far away from the sea Perhaps Saint Elmo That is exactly where you wish us to be?*
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Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 10:31 PM UTC
St. Elmo's Fire
*What fire is this? Within your eyes Like a ball of light Gently caressing the ominous skies Are you an omen to match my sign? Or mere bones to cast in an empty cask? I only ask because so many heads Have turned away from this overcast Just because of your fire That hopeful passion Which pulls each sailor slowly on To survive another night until the dawn To wonder if this your purposful fire Is meant to bring us back To the very thing which we ought to desire Away from the devouring grave of the sea To a house made of stone on the inland maybe? Where are bodies would find the true solace of earth And just might be at peace far away from the sea Perhaps Saint Elmo That is exactly where you wish us to be?*
colmistoirm
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Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 10:31 PM UTC
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