May
22nd
Thu
22nd
Keeper of the Flame
I wrote this in 2004 while thinking about a good friend after returning from his place one Sunday night - in gratitude for his offering me a handhold, a transitory context, a sanctuary on my uncertain journey. 
Keeper of the Flame
It is fortunate
that you kept the old ways
which I so shortsightedly abandoned.
Now that I need them back
I can come to you
and ready my spirit
to be reclaimed by the flame
that might have been forever lost
without the wisdom and sacrafice
to keep it kindled in your heart.
