this is fire medicine

sit before the fire whilst the flame draws you in

there is honor here and truth if you want it

"this is fire medicine" said the shaman

"throw your worries in the flame, and the guilt, the sorrow

and even your grief can find rest here"

"this is fire medicine"

"why do you weep?" asked the shaman

"I don't know how to let go" I replied

"then forgive yourself" said the shaman

"but I'm not sure what the right thing to do is" I replied

"we must all make decisions

based upon incomplete information" said the shaman

"this is fire medicine"

"I just don't feel like I fit in" I replied

"do you see the countless stars
far above the flames?" asked the shaman

"yes" I replied

"doesn't the sky welcome them all?"

"there is a place for you and you are in it" said the shaman

"why is the fire medicine?" I asked

"fire is the transformation of dark to light

it is the torch that illuminates your path

it is the desire that burns even while you sleep"

"let the fire in your heart transform you

and you will heal" said the shaman

"this is fire medicine"

Below is the YouTube link to the video rendition of this poem:

http://youtu.be/e6uWQWZjSII

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Published on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Filed under: "Philosophical" and "Poetry"

Comments on "this is fire medicine"

On Friday, October 26, 2012, Kaleidoscope_Heart (111) wrote:

I was listening/reading/watching the youtube version. This is lovely. You are very versatile (I have read you since the beginning!) and this was received like a knock-out of interest. Such archaic wisdom to this, reaching the present lost soul of the subjective (but universal) individual. Experiencing this healed me in some way.... thank you. The spirit of the shaman was alive through this. Hah, how perfect and ironic.
On Monday, January 16, 2012, terris crimson (167) wrote:

this is beautiful, I haven't read your work before.. but I sure will now. :)
A former member wrote: yesss this was just great. fire is everything