True Fire

I seek not the the image, 
Covered in fine clothes of silk, 
Nor body decorated in gems and gold. 
For what I seek is something hard to unravel, 
Something rivaling the stars; 
What I seek is not your earthly gains, 
But what your soul shows from within.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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