I looked at the night sky

No trace of stars but a hint of a dawn coming

Trees barren from the frost of winter 

Holding on to the hope of spring

I looked at the night sky

Finding answers to my inquiry  

Lighting the expanse of the land

With the cold sighs of an uprooted tree

I looked at the night

As it slowly gives into the coming dawn

And there I saw on the fire pit 

A glowing ember—

A firewood that refused to set ablaze  

But now unwilling to assuage 

I looked at the ember 

As it flickered towards me

Will it set afire

Or will it let things be?

I looked at the ember

The ember looked back at me

Seeming to comprehend each other

Keeping each other company 

I stared at the ember 

Till sleep came to seize me

The ember still glowing

Stubbornly flickering

We bade at each other, reassuring—

“Have faith in me.“

Originally scripted: 02/08/2022

Sautee Nacoochee, GA