It Is the Burning

Inside of the flame;
in the center of the fire

no matter what 
your faith;

no matter what
brought you to

the striking of this match,

there is a silencing
stillness that makes you

hold your breath,
close your eyes
and breathe, "ahhhhhhh".

Just this side of
screaming "ALLAH",

“ABBA”, “AMMA”.

All the world lights
a candle in AWE.

But wait,

(WATCH THE SHIFT)

take that candle

and its still

and swaggering flame

to light a fire

in the pit of life’s darkness

and one's own

singularity and journey

to the "who" you hold 

on to so desperately.

Take the flame 

and watch as

stillness need give way

to movement and a drafty

vacuum that calls the flame

to consume the whole of the

wood-life and shadow

you have laid down as fuel;

built as your SELF.

That draft,

that drawling out

howling sound 

that is a breathing

in of the cosmos -

a breathing in

of God's SPIRIT -

it is the burning up

of all 

you have

built up

against

the storm.  It is a burning

up of the ego of this

house of life until

it reaches the center of

it all.

It is then that we

see;

and then that

we recognize

that stillness

is simply that place

in the very center

of the burning –

in the center

of the chaos of

being transformed

into the ONE who

is still motion.

It is the Burning.

It is 

the Burning 

that is 

our life.

All the fuel WILL

be burned;

We,

we are invited

to the show

of its burning.

Many will not see

it for what it is.

The burning,

the burning is not

a way we can

choose

to go.

The BURNING

is our life.  See if you

can pitch the refuse.