by Liam

Being is my quiet light,

A flame that flickers through the threads of time,

Bringing warmth, a slow unveiling,

Guiding me like the compass of wisdom,

Where whispers of insight stir the dawn winds,

Delicate as breath, vast as sky.

Let me be open, wide as the horizon unbroken,

Untethered from the weight of this moment.

Do not let fear tighten my heart’s expanse,

For we are vast, we are much more than we know,

We call upon the stars, and they answer,

Gathering themselves into the constellations of our longing.

And should I step beyond the walls

That preconception and creed have built,

And enter those fields where spirit runs wild?

For, as Rumi speaks:

“To be a candle is no light thing;

One must burn before offering flame.”

Yes, I too shall burn—

Not to diminish, but to dissolve the feeble self,

To melt away the bonds of thought and be reborn,

Liberated, my soul expands to touch the edges of the infinite.

In this fire, I claim my niche,

Yet, with the same breath, my belonging to every thing.

I am the ripple, I am the wave, I am the sea,

I am the ever-moving tide of being.

Be true.

Be the deep, ancient pulse of life.

Be boundless.

Be free.

Burn—and in that burning, become.

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