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Excerpt From Word Castles

by Tom Spencer

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Born of Ash Born of Ash A simple branch, laid on fire. more the warmth, flames leap dance upon the air, yellow, orange, flare, erupt fuel of earth, is rendered birth. With every death there always follows life. The birch is burnt, the ash is rendered, spread by wind, leached by rain. Sweet ash returns to nurture sister earth. Lift me to my father Sun. Lay a bed of birch. Light the funeral pyre. Dance with joy. Sing of birth. Drink my ashes brother wind. I will return, to life again. Copyright © 2000 Tom Spencer