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I am no longer the fire 'girl' I used to be

the woman who stood just in the shadows

suddenly has merged into me

and where would I be without she in me

a 'Fire Woman' whose flame was doused

by the mist of a most disparaging black

eyed sea

the pinnacle of my maturing turn about

came to be

when I realized in my running away from you

still left me with a burning and aching me

and so alas, I've stopped fighting the

inevitability of what will likely be

a tenderly woven 'us'

scattered throughout the heavens

merging upon the crest of what I've

grown up enough to accept as you and me

blessed by

and for all naturally unfightable

eternity...............

(Jan. 15, 1996)