Everyone is Born a Candle Flame

Everyone is born a candle flame
And assigned a quest:
Nurture this seed of light.
Every moment's a twig to feed the fire.

Not all that glitters,
Burns.
And not all that burns,
burns well.

So many go through life choking
On their own smoke.

Cloaked in their desires,
Heart coated with coiled thorns,
And blood sizzling through the cracks,
They stumble on to our mutual demise.

Fate never lies,
A weak link breaks
Because it's the weak link.
Strength is more about Integrity than Power.

A fire only goes out when its starved
Or by earth and water devoured.

So fan the flames carefully;
Feed them only good wood.
A book can be a log
And a guide a growing tree.

A tended fire blazing beautifully
Calls others, entranced, to sit,
Warming cold hands,
And using the light to see.

Adding their burning brands,
In this way we build community.
And when our firelight dots the landscape
And we can see it from space,
Why, we christen that netted night
A nation.

Thanks for reading :)
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