the best within us

of flame and challenge

what can better represent the best within us

than the miracle of fire coming to be?

a match lies to us of the ease 

in the catching and expressing of the flame,

flint and tinder tell us more surely

of how hard it is

for the gift that is us

to take the spark within,

find how it can catch ahold to possibility,

and blaze bright enough

that who we are can be seen

and that who we are can be appreciated,

appreciated as a light that holds back the darkness

and calls to the spark within everyone

to also find how to flame.

by Henry H. Walker

January 10, ’14
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