Flame of Life
When life is pressing down on you,
And nothing’s going right.
When you feel, you’ve had enough,
And lack the will to fight.
When everything you seem to do,
Has no affect at all.
When you’re really at rock bottom,
And there’s nowhere left to fall.
What can you do, where can you go,
How do you start again?
How can you lift your spirit up,
When broken by life’s pain?
Struggle for your inner self,
Then clutch at it, and pray,
To turn the tide, that washed you down,
And make it flow ‘your’ way.
Remember when your drowning in,
The dregs of your life’s cup.
That things cannot get any worse,
The ‘only’ way is up.
Although you feel, life’s let you down,
And racked your soul with pain.
There’s nothing more that can go wrong,
But everything to gain.
Rekindle now that tiny spark,
The one that’s deep within.
It’s still alight and burning there,
Although it’s growing dim.
For once you fan the ‘flame of life’,
This flame, like any fire,
Is never satisfied to glow,
But wants to burn much higher.
An ember dampened by the rain,
May blaze again one day.
It just needs you, to seek it out,
Before it’s washed away.
Burning, although slow at first
This ember will ignite
Then rising from your darkest hour,
Once more you'll join the light.
Ivor G Davies
Copyright © Ivor Davies | Year Posted 2015
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