Why November 16th and July 1st are written on my calendar

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Rule number one of the internet
Love what hurts you, for it elevates your mind
As the pain, and chaos, and greatness
Carves itself in your heart 'til it makes you blind.

And so, you clutch your screen late at night
As fire and hell rains, as the great ones fall
And so you cry in rage and pain in the morning light
As the announcement of death and loss breaks us all.

On one side of the screen or the other
We all wait in joy and excitement,
And we praise and admire the creative minds and striking performance
That makes our world brighter with the cathartic and heartbreaking glory

And so ourselves we build greatness
To carry the light, so it burns always brighter.

And when tragedy strikes in this side of the screen
Like one, like the crows, voices, runes we are, we cry together
And we carry the light even higher
In honor of the lost ones, we always remember

When the light shines so bright, so eager, strong enough to guide me
Through the bright and the pain, then it was always meant to be

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