Burn Out! The Burned-Out

Burn out the burned-out.

Not with flame…

but with the light you carry.

Smile at frustration;

it’s a spark flickering in the dark,

proof your soul is still alive.

Laugh at your tired bones;

your spirit hears that sound

and rises like smoke from a cauldron.

Grin when they underestimate you;

only the untrained eye

fails to recognize power.

Move like a quiet enchantment.

Shift like moonlight on water.

Let them sense the change

but never see the hand that shaped it.

They won’t notice your success coming.

not even when the ground hums beneath them.

Let them ponder the spell you cast,

the path you walked,

the fire you tamed.

Burn out the burned out,

before their shadows dim your flame.

livvying my life!