Day 6 poem

Prompt for Day 6
Write about something missing

Mary Jane’s Fire

Sitting in front of the fire place glass
There in the flames,
burns her present, future and past

At first the flames peak, then dwindle low,
they mimic her life with their fiery glow.

Each flicker conveys the life she did lead.
First bright
a new life begun,
then steady,
as if in the middle of things.

The flames weaken, with the threat of burning out,
she takes the upper hand and stirs them about
creating a breath of fresh air in the cinders once more
the flames anew reach high and soar

Caring, warmth and comfort,
help them burn bright for a long while,
not possible without the stirring and mending’s of time

Once more, time ticks away
as she watches, the ashes diminish in glow
waiting to be stirred,
or this time,
will she let them go

Mary Jane ponders the scene
through the fire place glass,
within the burning ashes
she sees her life’s
present, future and past.

With resemblance to life’s motivations
she chooses again to stir them around,
and the ashes blaze with new life found
keeping the blaze of her life
present, future and past,
burning in the flames
as she looks through the glass.

© Kellie M. Shanley revised 2009