The Candle Snuffers

Photo: (c) Jamie K. Reaser

Be-aware of the Candle Snuffers:

those who wish to diminish,

even eliminate,

your essential flame.

In your presence

their form casts a Shadow

that just might scare them to

your death.

The more they struggle

at the sight of it,

the more it dances

wildly,

erotically,

untamed

and full of dangerous potentiality

on the

Wall of their Psyche.

Primal fears emerge

and are given false-life

like saber-tooth terrors

that flicker into action

before cave-dwellers' eyes.

You have done nothing wrong

by shining.

Please hear me when I say this:

“You have done nothing wrong

by shining.”

Beautiful and bright,

Your light is what evokes awe

in the stars

when they gaze upon this Earth.

You mustn’t rob the galaxy

of the pleasure that it

takes in you!

Dearest Light of the World,

Do not surrender even a

nascent spark to

the oppressive forces

that they wish to

bring down upon

you -

Burn.

Burn.

Burn the holiest of fires…

Pledge your allegiance to

the sound of your breath,

breathing so deeply that

you fuel the fire that burns

within your heart.

The fire that burns

within your heart…

Love.

Lovingly offer the Candle Snuffers

in your life

the sacred flint and tinder

of Mirror and Council,

inviting them to recognize

their own true flame.

There is an eager,

capable wick,

in all of us -

Dignity.

Oh my Flame of Unity,

If you have befriended your

own Shadow,

then in the presence of

their Light,

the only form that shall be

cast is that of

Understanding and Kinship.

The time is coming in which

Homo illuminatus

will finally learn to

to pass

the torch.

© 2011-2013/Jamie K. Reaser (Published in Note to Self: Poems for Changing the World from the Inside Out; Hiraeth Press, http://www.hiraethpress.com)