This flame we are

This flame we are,
this flaring out of life and love,
this flash of creativity -- or pain --
do not assume this is illumination.

However beautiful
this burst of brightness;
however intense her reflection of the Son,
her petals -- ours --
inevitably fade
and fall,
brown,
unheeded to the ground
to nourish those whose seasons are yet to come.

This radiant blaze
is but a blush,
fueled by that incandescent light
that shimmers for eternity
on the altar of each Heart --
and each Heart's One.


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