Fireplace

Chills of despair

Shivers of unaccomplished aspirations

Trapped in rectangular barriers

Then a spark is lit

Warming the embers of adolescent fears

Calming the nerves that are kindled by constant worries

Its flame starts to grow

The luminosity attracts stares of hope

Creating a gathering of oxygen fueled breaths

The smoke spills into the lungs

Igniting an ardor inside the soul

Its burn scorches the layers of the past

Illuminating the fresh flares that exist in the rebirth

The intensity starts to melt the doubters’ lenses

Causing a backing away, a revolt

But the radiant inferno continues to sparkle

In its containment in the fireplace