Flaming – Poem by Ali Grimshaw

~ Ali Grimshaw

“The fire of a heart that loves is a flame that will never be put out.” – Anita Brooks

first you need to finish the falling
let your pain bleed out all its colors
let each vein be filled 
let each edge receive the final flow

the leaves are showing you 
how beauty flames in seasons

will you see yourself
 
yourself yearning 

to fall free

you can't begin again until you have left 
the branch you cling to

© Ali Grimshaw 2023
Photo take in Portland, Oregon 

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge Flame.

21 thoughts on “Flaming – Poem by Ali Grimshaw”

      1. From The Flame, page 12, ‘Undertow’

        “I set out one night
        When the tide was low
        There were signs in the sky
        But I did not know
        I’d be caught in the grip
        Of the undertow

        Ditched on a beach
        Where the sea hates to go
        With a child in my arms
        And a chill in my soul
        And my heart the shape
        Of a begging bowl”

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