Embers in the fire,
Not dead, but not a flame,
Be careful, they're still hot,
And they just aren't the same
As a blazing hearth,
Or a timid candle-light,
They seem pretty useless,
But if you touch them they'll give you a fright.
They're the end,
A new beginning.
They're a god-send,
Embers in the fire.
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Lines ever more unclear, Not sure I'm even here...
His heart goes tick, His mind goes tock. He started thinking Like a clock. Fixing things Night and day. Machines must work To get their pay. Wind him up, Watch him go.
Lay me down beside you The lion and the lamb It's hard to keep so still In this strange bliss, to keep so calm, For many have devoured me, Many more before you came Have taken chunks to strengthen...
And there I hung from this frozen star, Dangling, watching from afar. Cooling my feelings, becoming a flake, No more of this watching I could take.
Have you ever been a storm bird. A high flyer, too high to catch. A low blower, A razer to the ground. I have been a storm bird. Delight in my lightning Cower at my thunder.
Life hides chances, Time steals deliberately The days, the weeks, the months The years, I fear Are falling away from me But I am Salamander Regenerating continuously Sever a finger, With your...
Where should you put the candle. Well, isn't that obvious. Find the darkest part of the room, Place it there, And watch it crawl across the walls, Spreading it's light.
Within this life there was a time, When on my soul this bitch did dine. She ate my heart with greedy haste, Not a morsel did she waste.
"Baobab" Hey, babe. Get in the Baobab. This deep hollow can keep your swollen soul too. Hey babe, listen to the whisper of Ρlawed paws in a gap There inside, we are such...weβll be better too. ...
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