Time to Illuminate

The Wind-

There are cracks
I am beaten
Can’t follow my chosen course
The wind doesn’t allow it.

It tells me where to go,
Pushes me around,
Or traps me inside.

But I just want to be free
To follow my own path-
That angers it more
Booming and Thrashing
Let me go!
Please let me go

A tree has fallen
Big and strong, I cannot get by
Let me go- let me live!
You cannot hold me back any longer!

Silence


The Cave-

The cave is big, warm, quiet
It drowns out the wind
It drowns out everything

It envelopes me
I feel safe, but alone
It’s dark

I hear the wind roar in the distance
Then I smell the smoke

It’s- it’s coming from me,
Deep inside
The fire burns within me
I cannot stop it

I must leave this cave
Before all that’s left are ashes of what I used to be
I must leave this cave
And find water

But I don’t want to kill the fire
It brings me to life
Every fibre of me is burning now
Gold and orange and luminous

The wind can’t stop this fire
Only spread it far and wide
Bigger and bigger
Stronger and stronger

Step out of the cave
I have found my light here
I have sparked the stones
Now it’s time to leave
Be free to roam, free to grow.

The flame's orange fingers gently caress the land
Burning brightly always, forever