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.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Truly beautiful

[Clockwork]

I love the simile. It makes me think of going campaign when I was young and just how strong fire can be. Even though it is hidden, it still has the ability to come to life and burn brightly. I felt a little spark in my own heart after reading this poem.

[Renée]

( : You write so tenderly, yet..there is a delicate sharp edge

[Kenneth The Poet]

One powerful write.

[Igor G. Balatsky]

sometimes one breath is just enough to be the phoenix

[Dane Osborne]

Photons are strange.
the magnetism of warm touch
and the melting of skin spawn
from the same dance.

The dancers are blind and dream
of mad spells in divine oblivion.

Good to have you back.

[Wondering Mind]

Passion is an eager creature, raring to go.

[SilentVerses]

This is simply astonishing, in so few lines you embed within me a furious fire, and light the burning desire to put pen to paper once more and scratch the words my heart yearns to whisper into the ears of the trees. Beautiful.

[Wild Willow Blue]

Beautiful words, very moving. Nice job.

[h d e rushin]

indeed. hder