Flame

You are a Flame,

Lit from
The Flame of
all Flames.

But do You
spend Your days,
or even sleepless nights,
imagining
You must be
Lit by
Someone else’s
Book
of Matches?

Or, even worse,
taught that
The Flame
of You
will one day
be extinguished?

Or told
Your Flame
does not
burn brightly
enough?

Or do You
Fear
Your Flame
is too Strange,
sparked as if from
some Other
Fire?

Or, Fear of all Fears,
imagined by
The Priests of Fear,
that, somehow,
Your Flame was
Lit in Hell?

There is only
One Fire,
One Flame,
its Fuel is Pure.
Love
not tainted by
Condition or Judgment.

You are that Flame.

(Photo by Paul Bulai; UnSplash)