We go to one fire
\nand another,
\nstirring the kindling
\nwhere life is.
\nThrust our hands
\nin the dwindling,
\nthe fire burns down
\nthen flares again,
\nwarming the meaning
\nof our intention
\nand enduring.<\/p>\n
Until such time
\nthe fires of our life
\nbecome its ashes,
\ntouched to our forehead
\nAsh Wednesday\u2019s sign.
\nIn turn,
\nwashed from our face
\nby the rains of spring
\nour eyes open,
\nnew fires catching
\nin our souls again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We go to one fire and another, stirring the kindling where life is. Thrust our hands in the dwindling, the fire burns down then flares…<\/p>\n