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Fire For You

Contributed by badgurlinoz on Friday, 8th April 2005 @ 05:41:42 PM in AEST
Topic: LovePoetry



On this, the shortest day of the year,
I have journeyed to the Great Plains
to build a fire for you.

The night air is cold like a cellar
cut from ancient stones.
But I found some wood among the deserted plains
buried under the grasses and dirt,
hidden away like leaves
that had become the soil.
After I cleaned the wood by hand -- its dirt beneath
my nails and the fabric of my cloth
I sent a flame
combusted by the mere thought of you.
And the wood became fire.

There were hermit stars that gathered
overhead to keep me company.
Your spirit was there as well
amidst the fire's flames.
We laughed at the deep meaning of the sky
and its spacious ways.
Marveling at the flat mirror of the plain
that sends so little skyward,
like the hearts of children denied
a certain kind of love.

You played with spirits
when you were young among these fields.
You didn't know their names then.
I was one.
Even without a name, or body,
I watched your gaze, unrelenting to the things
that beat between the
two mirrors of the sky and plain.

I believe it was here also
that you learned to speak with God.
Not in so many words as you're now accustomed,
but I'm certain that God listened to your life
and gathered around your fire
for warmth and meaning.
In the deserted plains he found you set apart
from all things missing.

Dear spirit, I have held this vigil for so long,
tending fires whose purpose I have forgotten.
I think warmth was one.
Perhaps light was another.
Perhaps hope was the strongest of these.

If ever I find you around my fire,
built by hands
that know your final skin,
between the sheets of the sky and plain,
I will remember its purpose.
In barren fields
that have long been deserted by the hand of man
I will remember.
In the deepest eye of you
I will remember.
In the longest night of you
I will remember.

On this, the shortest day of the year,
I have journeyed to the Great Plains
to build a fire for you.





Copyright © badgurlinoz ... [ 2005-04-08 17:41:42]
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Re: Fire For You (User Rating: 1 )
by Jackee_line on Friday, 8th April 2005 @ 05:50:23 PM AEST
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I love this , well done


Re: Fire For You (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_K on Friday, 8th April 2005 @ 07:41:27 PM AEST
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Wow!! This is deep...
Amazing write..
Jenni


Re: Fire For You (User Rating: 1 )
by Rakerman1999 on Friday, 8th April 2005 @ 07:52:28 PM AEST
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This is one of the most loving writes I've ever read. Such poetic thoughts...truly a "from the heart" work. Absolutely beautiful.
Roses at your feet
Larry


Re: Fire For You (User Rating: 1 )
by Spike on Saturday, 9th April 2005 @ 07:33:09 AM AEST
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Powerful, stunning, metaphysical, esoteric. A beautiful poem that knocked me right back in my chair.

Spike




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