Fire of the Spirit's Light

[Robert Stephen Herrick]

Fire of th Spirit's Light
By Robert Stephen Herrick


Consuming the soul and its life
is the fire of the spirit's light
and any who dare to smite
its very living being just might
succumb to its flames from spite.

Scorching all in its path
is the fire of the spirit's light
for its enmity is powerful to grasp
within the mind's sight
with emminent searing to last
all of the days and nights.

Illumination and inspiration
flicker to and fro amidst its heat
and battles won and lost by nations
burn strong or burn down to repeat
old wars renewed with dedication
though lives will still conceed.

Many of the flames lick upon the soul
from the fire of the spirit's light
and very few knew the life's toll
lost in combat and deadly strife
from the lack of knowledge full
for all the days and nights.

Fire of the spirit's light
is like an omen fated if blind
and into its flames with foresight
the soul may stay in a bind
as life's emminent twilight
will remain strong in its light.