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# Radiate
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/radiate/
- Published: 2026-08-06T23:01:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:06:17.000Z
- Description: “Radiate,” on making meaning and magic in the shoulder moments of a busy work day, written Thursday, August 06, 2026 poem 218 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Twin Flame," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, August, Breakfast, Candle, Creeping, Crystal, EZ Reach, Flame, Grounding, High Summer, Lighter, Magic, Microdose, Peace, Purpose, Summer, To-Do List, Twin Flames, Week Day, Work Day, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Another week day, work day,   
with chores and calls and reports   
and errands and expectations to come.  
  
It will be a full court press   
until I rest my head  
and I know this will be   
my last pocket of peace,  
if I grab it, hold it, fight for the moment.  
  
I slide open the buffet drawer,  
pull out a lighter,   
grab a pair of crystal candlesticks.  
  
I scoot my breakfast bowl to the side.  
I turn my phone face-down;   
it is not welcome where I am going.  
  
I light twin flames,   
center them in front of my eyes.  
A flick and a targeted point here and there,   
and I've done it.   
  
With the first spark of the EZ Reach,  
hot, stale air flees my tight mouth,   
rushes past my nostrils.  
  
Two candles and their wobbling flames   
push the creeping To-Do list to the periphery,  
bring me a microdose of meaning,   
a pinch of purpose, a gram of grounding.  
  
Change the rules, break the pace,   
halt the chase of morning chaos.  
It's magic, and I've made it, I own it.  
This minute is mine.