The Fire Between Us - a photo on Flickriver

            We put ourselves together
Close enough to feel the heat
and the maelstrom of emotions
What are bodies anyway
Except storage units for 
Our thoughts and entropy
Take the top off and 
The darkness is released 
Into the universe

It starts with a clinging and 
A sense that this 
Can’t be happening
Reality has never been this cruel
Could we have done 
Something more?
Something different?
Is it somehow our faults?
What is this black hole we’re slipping into?
Will we even be human when we emerge?

The thing is this:
Hope is like a dear friend
And when you lose her it is 
Worse than losing your favorite lover
As if she had a body, all the messy bits 
The substance was there and now 
All we have is despair
So we ache against each other 
The ashes congregate and rise
To build something new


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Taken on: November 9, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS R, f/11.0, 1/60 sec, 100mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS R
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.11 (Macintosh)
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