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#1028183 added March 4, 2022 at 10:30am
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Life
Life

Wrap me in swaddling clothes
or funeral pyre,
it’s only a matter of time
between the two.

We celebrate a birth
then burn a candle for the dead
and time ticks away
undaunted.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 09.06.21
Prompts: Candle, wrap, celebrate, time.
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