This is how it goes. First, the snatch of flame - the shaking, the breaking, the burnout, the death of a dream, the loss of a loved one, the line between before and after. What follows is the cooling of coals -waking that can only be done in the absence of a flame; it's impossible to sleep when you're freezing. In time, it is understood that ashes are of great value, and with courage, grief folds into gratefulness. In...
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