Revival

written after a weekend at an 1805 Kentucky Camp Meeting

Like the ember
smouldering
unseen in the ashes,
my heart will someday
flame passionately.
One breath--
is all I need
to change this
seeming-charred soul
into a
furious
fire.

Reviews

[Blackbirdsong]

That's all it takes and sometime it can come from sources we least expect. One moment you're feeling down and the next completely rejuvenated and ready to conquer the world. I love the allusion of rising from your own ashes like a phoenix here.

[Jibey]

It is so... and I believe every word

[That1Nerd23]

Beautiful.

[JennaP]

I can totally feel what you were feeling the moment you wrote those lines...
It takes so little to do so much...
So many emotion in such a short poem - i enjoyed it :)

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lovely

[Stacey Watts]

Very beautiful words here. You always express yourself so wonderfully. Seeking desire and passion in life and never settling for the mundane.

[Mysteriousmaniac]

Beautiful poem. I always like it when people connect their feelings with elements like fire, earth and so on. Just like blackbirdsong it does remind me of a phoenix. :)

[paradoxical]

Awesome.

[Bruce]

incredible imagery it made my toes curl. Keep up the good work

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Is this a beautufully put warning??!!

[Audrey Owens]

Bam! Beautiful! The dichotomy of the breath the speaker needs is amazing. Whether it's inhaling that breath to charge the body, or if it's a breath being blown onto the embers that are at the seat of the soul, either one is welcome for they will both have the same effect.