{"id":2851,"date":"2024-01-24T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T17:47:54","slug":"flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/01\/24\/flame\/","title":{"rendered":"Flame"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Flame<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are a Flame,<\/p>\n

Lit from
\nThe Flame of
\nall Flames.<\/p>\n

But do You
\nspend Your days,
\nor even sleepless nights,
\nimagining
\nYou must be
\nLit by
\nSomeone else\u2019s
\nBook
\nof Matches?<\/p>\n

Or, even worse,
\ntaught that
\nThe Flame
\nof You
\nwill one day
\nbe extinguished?<\/p>\n

Or told
\nYour Flame
\ndoes not
\nburn brightly
\nenough?<\/p>\n

Or do You
\nFear
\nYour Flame
\nis too Strange,
\nsparked as if from
\nsome Other
\nFire?<\/p>\n

Or, Fear of all Fears,
\nimagined by
\nThe Priests of Fear,
\nthat, somehow,
\nYour Flame was
\nLit in Hell?<\/p>\n

There is only
\nOne Fire,
\nOne Flame,
\nits Fuel is Pure.
\nLove
\nnot tainted by
\nCondition or Judgment.<\/p>\n

You are that Flame.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Paul Bulai; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  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\u2019s Book of Matches? Or, even worse, taught that The Flame of You will one day be extinguished? Or told Your Flame does not burn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t