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The Fire Yearns to be Lit

In library halls  
where the sweat of knowledge  
hangs thicker than plague flies  
and the clocks know everything  

In cloisters etched with ivy  
where nuns feed the sigh of winter  
and embrace it  
with willing invisible hands  

On the frozen lake  
where a child drowned  
and the fish escaped
to fight another day  

Through mountain clouds  
where a meteor hit  

In the field of sheep  
where a plane came down  
for those who lived  
and the ones who die  

a poet
needs to try  

because the fire always yearns  
to be lit
Written by Abracadabra
Published | Edited 28th Jan 2023
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