…Perhaps I\u2019m lucky I don\u2019t have one
\nAnd I have to find a spark,
\nA match,
\nA candle,
\nAn electric torch.<\/p>\n
Sitting here in near-darkness, all alone,
\nI\u2019m forced to find my own lights, yet again;
\nTo brighten up this room and my soul –
\nSince it\u2019s not very many who are reaching towards me,
\nNot so many who can stand the wattage of my electricity.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s best this way, Plato said:
\nJust leave them where they sit
\nWhile they watch shadows move and play,
\nBelieve that\u2019s all to it.<\/p>\n
Perhaps I\u2019m lucky, after all,
\nSince my blaze would shine so bright
\nParticularly when the world-at-large
\nIs stuck so often in eternal night<\/p>\n
Better, perhaps to keep my eyes attuned,
\nBetter, maybe, to learn how they move<\/p>\n
That I can find my way around
\nBe safe, as so many others do.<\/p>\n
This explains, though, I think
\nWhy I’ve been drawn to Flames<\/p>\n
(It’s that…
\nOr, perhaps, it’s my phoenix-like claims)<\/p>\n
Maybe I’ll wake, enlightened,
\nTo a little more truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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