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walker (cf)
townsend
kuhar
taylor
lacharity
franke
gage
ceraolo
shaffer
walker (k)
vidrick (feature)

Ralph LaCharity

Friendly Fire

Call the hearth at home friendly fire
Call the cold hours’ starlight friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire reaps & preys
this fire lights both ways

Call the pain of birth friendly fire
Call the cries of babes friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire gives & takes away
this fire leaps & falls both ways

Call the threaded looms friendly fire
Call our darkened room friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire flays & it slays
this fire weaves both ways

Call lakes when they shine friendly fire
Call waves when they break friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire aches & it craves
this fire bathes both ways

Call grasses when they sway friendly fire
Call fireflies in their dance friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire burns where it braves
this fire churns both ways

Call the morning star friendly fire
Call the setting sun friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire sleeps within the blaze
this fire bites both ways

Call the comet’s tail friendly fire
Call the new moon’s silver friendly fire
& while friendly fire’s everywhere & forever

this fire sleeps within the blaze
this fire wakes both ways