Burning Free

Flames licking my face

Seducing me to enter 

The fire’s embrace,

Temptation so strong.

When fear takes over

I want to run away or hide

But, the soft, wet flicking of this 

Flame draws me closer to the

Fire, to the burning inside.

Falling in.

The flames rush around me

Engulfing me. And my fear vanishes.

As I surrender, let myself glide deeper

Into the inferno, the ego/my ego

Melts away so I can see

More clearly now.

Wiping my brow as sweat pours 

Down my face, feeling 

More fully alive than

I have ever felt.

More open, more vulnerable.

Oh, I am still frightened but

Committed to this journey of

Fire, flames, heat, 

Burning myself free.

My eyelashes singe, my hair has melted away

My clothes blasted off,

I am naked and shaking until

I begin floating toward

The center of the blaze.

Every part of me that I know of and

Some parts I don’t know 

Burn away.
The last bit of  fear releases as I merge

With a centering flame of Love and

Unity, Oneness, Gods and Goddesses, All.

No longer human, no longer bound by

Traditions, rules and thoughts.

I AM no longer. Only a sensing being

Like all the other beings I see 

Around me, smouldering in this red hot heat.

I can’t go back to those old clothes,

That old life after this flame.

I want to stay here because

Here, I am free to merge,

Free to be, Free to become

Everything and anything.

I shudder to return to

My human body, my mundane and 

Silly cares about people, myself,

Relationships, work and stress.

But, upon awakening, I carry this 
Tingling flame inside me now.  
Different, more open,

More free, more able to love

And be loved, bringing back this shining

Light to share with all the world.