Double-edged swords cut the deepest
Ideas die on the vine every day
Starving for sunlight’s return
The Sun giveth, the Sun taketh away
Rays fleet, fickle as a feeling
Always dancing across the sky
Concentrating warmth in doses
The Sun giveth, the Sun taketh away
Ideas die on the vine every day
Open your heart to the art of harvest
No point telling the Sun how to shine
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Written for Vocal's Dancing with Distraction Challenge.
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Meag Campbell
An Atlantic Canadian millennial who's been having a never-ending identity crisis since 2009.
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