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What shall I write about today?

Perhaps a flowery rainbow-filled poem
With children dancing upon the sand
And kites flying high

Perhaps about the love between a man and woman
And how they set each other on fire
Or drive each other insane

Or a poem about human suffering
And the dire state of the world as we know it

Or fantasy-laced dreams filled with esoteric significance

Maybe a poem about the material indifference
Of wealth and poverty
In our souls and encompassing our world

Let’s see, maybe there is a poem out there
Reaching out from the heavens
Like a lover’s embrace

Landing in my heart like ice and steel
Seducing me with candles and wax

Melting onto the structure of my voice
Forming along the edges of this poem