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Never Hearth Hearted -POEM

fireplace fire

Look at it closely,

What do you see?

Coal; wood; the ash of letters from lost loves?

Is it burning? Are flames alive, tapdancing on glowing embers?

Keep it going.

Don’t let it burn out; forget the mirror,

Your fireplace is your true reflection,

Burning hot, or down to sparks,

It’ll keep you alive. Lit. Visible,

Only you can stoke it,

All that ash collected over the years,

Little different from my pile, perhaps more, perhaps less

We all burn out someday, that’s true,

But look after it won’t you? Because that’s you.

lion around 2

P.S. I’ll return to stories and visiting your blogs asap!

23 thoughts on “Never Hearth Hearted -POEM”

  1. thelonelyauthorblog April 15, 2016 — 5:42 PM

    Well done. Are you like me? I consider myself a novelist and screenwriter. Poetry is furthest from my mind. I ask because you concentrate on fiction, but you do write poetry well.

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      LionAroundWriting April 15, 2016 — 5:47 PM

      Cheers. Yeah very much so, a story writer primarily, but I like to dabble in the poetry now and again 🙂

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      1. thelonelyauthorblog April 15, 2016 — 6:50 PM

        Same here. You do it well.

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  2. Mary Cathleen Clark April 15, 2016 — 3:57 PM

    Poetry may not be your first love, Lion, but you do it well.

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      LionAroundWriting April 15, 2016 — 4:16 PM

      Thank you Mary, I’ll take that 🙂

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      1. Mary Cathleen Clark April 15, 2016 — 5:17 PM

        I’ve noticed that most poets stick just to poetry, but those who write prose are usually good poets too. 🙂

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  3. faryalreads April 15, 2016 — 1:01 PM

    It’s amazing😍😊❤

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      1. faryalreads April 15, 2016 — 4:17 PM

        You’re welcome😊😊

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  6. Isolated_girl April 14, 2016 — 5:38 AM

    wonderful

    though painful!

    gday

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  7. Lisa Lancaster April 14, 2016 — 4:53 AM

    This is great. We are lucky enough have a fireplace at home and I can spend so much time watching the coals glow from within. I get the same sense of peace in you post.

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      LionAroundWriting April 14, 2016 — 3:54 PM

      I love fire. Having a fireplace at home is such a great thing. Thanks for reading 🙂

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  8. cathleentownsend April 14, 2016 — 2:50 AM

    I enjoyed this. I have always been fascinated by fires–whether they be roaring bonfires of the tamer versions we use in our wood stove.

    Thanks for sharing–it made me smile. 🙂

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      LionAroundWriting April 14, 2016 — 2:53 AM

      Thank you.
      There’s definitely something alluring about fires, I also feel pulled towards them. 🙂

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      1. SyedaFR April 14, 2016 — 4:18 PM

        You’re welcome 😄

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