Ablaze
There’s something in this world
That some believe is not real.
We reach and try to get ahold of it
But it isn’t something you can feel.
It lies within,
It grows inside
Of those who feed its fire.
Yet despite its flames
Its heat,
Its burning
Is the very thing
That keeps us from the pyre.
Many people lack it,
Or don’t know how to find it.
They let it go out,
They lose it.
They dishevel
Themselves
When they blanket its force without knowing.
Because even though it’s born inside
All those born on the earth,
It’s the very earth,
The world,
The hearth of the heart of the people
She carries
That kick and throw
And hit and go at it
Until out goes
The flame inside us all.
Bur for me it’s always in my chest.
My beating heart will house it,
Hold it,
Anything but smolder it
Until there comes a time and day
When even I don’t need it.
But that day won’t come
Until the day I die
Because it’s the only thing I need
To keep myself alive.
It’s one thing I keep
From the One who keeps me,
The gift of fire in my soul.
It’s there within,
Alive,
Aflame.
And it’s calling me by name.
It’s all I need,
All I have,
All I want.
All I know
Is how to keep
My Hope
Ablaze within my bones.