Today's
oneword.
The candle went out.
Stopped being, stopped flickering, stopped.
And I sat there, looking at the charcoal wick,
waiting for the light to return
longing for the small bit of warmth it had brought
I didn't get up and turn on the lightswitch
That wouldn't be magical enough
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Date: 2003-07-03 07:44 am (UTC)OneWord is now my favorite web site. Thank you so much for turning me on to it. What a wonderful, meditative way to begin the morning.
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Date: 2003-07-03 07:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-03 08:08 am (UTC)I did manage to write some crap there one day -- a lesson I needed to relearn, thank you -- so that's a bit of progress.
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Date: 2003-07-03 08:14 am (UTC)