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- At least they loved.
- That, we must remember.
- Whether or not their choice was right or wrong,
- a waste or an inevitability,
- they loved.
- From this flame were they given form,
- and then,
- courting a fire too great,
- they were undone.
- But it is still our choice,
- our decision,
- to cherish these remnant embers,
- or to side-step their warmth.
- For why wrap ourselves in what had
- already riven one once over?
- "We will not fall into the same pitfalls here,"
- they might say.
- "Our lives have a different sort of meaning."
- Or, as a humbler sort,
- "I will go with honor,
- with grace.
- This will not sweep me along,
- as long as I'm here."
- We could all add to that list,
- till the words were all spent.
- Either way,
- the flame's fatalistic kith and kin reside here
- as well,
- waiting to accompany us on the day that,
- we too,
- take our pilgrimage into the dark.
- And from the shore,
- huddled about themselves in a blinding unawarity,
- they,
- who were once we,
- will witness our own lights out there,
- pressed up against oblivion and slipping fast.
- Seemingly,
- the only time the abyss is noticed
- is when a flame strays off,
- and so they take notice,
- though it could be said that they noticed
- only
- what mattered to them,
- which was nothing at all.
- "What a fool."
- "What a waste."
- "It can't be helped."
- Reflections, all around.
- All waters aside.
- Softly, they fade.
- What burns on the shore appears
- to grow,
- though,
- really,
- what do they know?
- As the last warmth leaks through
- to them,
- as those final rays wash upon
- that final shore,
- meager scraps as they are,
- what will they say?
- What, may I ask,
- did we all say,
- given our places had been swapped?
- I know,
- it's a tired story.
- But we never tire of it,
- do we?
- Well,
- that's another matter altogether.
- Stuck,
- if you will.
- Best to leave it for now.
- It's getting colder,
- isn't it?
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