Fire

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5/7/5

FIRE

The friend and the foe

Warmth, sparkle and energy

You are danger too

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                                  Redon

THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE

The sounds of silence! A misnomer,

Unless, of course, you're in a coma.

Listen! Hear your blood go round

With that familiar swishing sound.

Listen! Hear breaths out, breaths in,

Hear them pause, hear them begin.

Listen! Hear that chirping bird.

Silence? Utterly absurd.

The traffic's hum, though far away,

Forms a background to each day.

And is that tinnitus in my ears,

Forerunner of silent future years?

Deafness! A silence that exists,

Silence that, for years, persists.

If I'm heading in that direction

It is cause for introspection.

Give me years of cacophony

So it can be a memory.

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