Saturday, January 5, 2013

A Lifetime to Realize


A Lifetime to Realize
The fires of life shape our souls

It's hard to remember who I am
in the midst of life's conflagrations.
Traced in constellations far away,
a light without darkness lingers.
Being what good is supposed to be,
my original bright conception calls out to me.
Sometimes it takes a lifetime to realize
that the fires burn the chaff away
leaving just a lovely lasting glow.

© Copyright 2011 Karen M. Crump

Dedicated to a still brightly burning star: Larry Ray Powers

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