Your Life as a Flameless Candle

We use flameless candles in places

we fear real fire may be a threat...

(we want)

the ambience

the look

the illusion

without any of the assumed risks

(and similarly)

we live our lives in the same manner

we lay low

stay calm

keep quiet

because we do not

wish to start fires

with our words

with our passion

with our lives

But what if a fire is exactly

what we need right now?

a spark

a flicker

a flame

to ignite these dry places

causing them to catch ablaze

Fire brings...

warmth

light

fueled passion

renewed purpose

It transforms...

raw

dead

flesh

into roasted feasts

fit for kings

But we fear it's real power

because we're observant

we've seen it left

unmanaged

unattended

and watched

it quickly turn

becoming wild 

and incontrollable

so...

instead of allowing the

real flame of the Spirit

to ignite, burn down,

consume and destroy

 

all of the chaff

we continue living our lives as illusionist

battery-operated flameless candles

with no full purpose