Fire Doesn’t Lie

Born from friction

or sun or lightning kindled,

it is warmth in winter,

light in the darkness.

It is the great destroyer too,

burning the old

to make way for the new.

Given oxygen, given fuel,

it burns as it will,

always burns true.

Seek that flame.

It lives inside of you.

Image courtesy of Sarojani Rohan, “Year of the Fire Horse”

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Mary Camille Thomas

Mary Camille Thomas is a native of Santa Cruz, California who considers herself lucky to have returned after living internationally and on the road. She is a librarian by profession, and her poetry has appeared in The Moving Force Journal, Porter Gulch Review, and Sisters Singing. She is currently working on a novel called What Lies Buried and a collection of poems of the spirit.

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