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Ash and Ember

 Sharing with The Sunday Muse #245. 



Let us burn the world. 
Burnish it ash and ember! Let gold run like water
Gild the beaches with precious oceans.


Let us hold the world
Close around our flame. Let what remains
Gilded by our warmth, sustain.


Spring cleaning season is here and I'm looking at the pile of writing projects and wondering what needs to be filed and what needs to be expanded and finished. Honestly, with the increase in censorship in the US, writing and reading feels pretty pointless right now. Maybe everything needs to be filed and I should go sit with the birds. :) 

-- Chrissa

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  1. HelenFebruary 4, 2023 at 8:57 AM

    Though the birds would no doubt welcome Ms. Chrissa ... we need your writing!!!

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  2. JimFebruary 4, 2023 at 12:26 PM

    Fun read and scary also, your write.
    You might find some of my relatives with those birds. I was once told that I was dropped on a rock by a bird and hatched by the local chickens. Haha, not quite that way though, I don't wish to be censored.
    ..

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  3. FireblossomFebruary 4, 2023 at 12:40 PM

    The pen is mighter than the MAGA hat.

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  4. Carrie Van HornFebruary 4, 2023 at 2:15 PM

    I love the warmth in your poem Chrissa! Your writing always has a magical feel and anything you are finding in your cleaning is something to expand or publish. Have a wonderful week my friend!

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  5. robkistnerFebruary 4, 2023 at 7:41 PM

    This is a warm and tender blessing of a poem, Chrissa. Excellent, 🙂✌🏼

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  6. kaykualaFebruary 4, 2023 at 9:10 PM

    Let what remains
    Gilded by our warmth, sustain.

    That's a good outcome to result in our desire to keep on writing Chrissa! We are in this together, keep on writing, yes!

    Hank

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  7. AngelaFebruary 5, 2023 at 9:37 AM

    Simply Magical <3

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  8. Gillena CoxFebruary 5, 2023 at 1:11 PM

    Interesting and magical the burning yet sustaining precious oceans.
    Happy you dropped by my blog today Chrissa.

    Much❤love

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