walking across the coals
the natives are dancing
celebrating all colors of the earth
methodically attaining a controlled frenzy
this fleeting life is anything but
this much they teach us
in the beginning we’re all on our own
incapable of understanding the cycle
the coals are burning
shades of red & orange & yellow
like leaves turning in mid-october
october two thousand twenty
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