FIRE by Jackie VanCampen

Sometimes I get wrapped up in the intensity of what my body is experiencing and I just let the words flow…

Then I share those expressions as a way to challenge those reading my words, to confront whatever it is that is struggling to come through their very soul.

This poem is about burning my fears to ashes and bringing myself back to wholeness, knowing that whatever I require will be provided, and that trust is the ultimate test of faith.

Fire

Fire rising from my soul

Burning through the veils of fear

Bringing to ashes the walls of my confinement

Freeing me from the shackles of suffering

Fire that consumes my past –

That dictates where I should be

Fire that licks and destroys

The anguish within me

Liberating my heart and opening my path

Fire that dances all around me

In perfect rhythm and movement

Hypnotizing my mind and moving my body

In balanced harmony

Arousing the lioness strength

Within my heart

Fire that strengthens my calling

That leads me to my newness

Ignites my passion

And gives rise to the wise woman within - Kahlia

Fire, oh great fire

Of ancient times

Burn my soul

With your powerful flames

I walk through you

United with your light

I emerge on the other side

Skin intact

Heart aflame

Like a torch

That sets fire to fields

Burning down any remaining limitation –

Of beliefs that hold me back

I find in you my gentle voice

And yet, resounding sound

That neither frightens or is meek

It empowers and awakens

That which must crack open

In order to seed and bloom

Cleansing my soul

Purifying my senses

Bringing me to my explosion

Shattering me to pieces

Just to bring me back to my wholeness

Jackie VanCampen: I am a Wise Heart Writer, which means I write wisdoms of the heart. When I write I feel as if I’m connecting with the essence of who I am. That essence is named Kahlia. She helps me access my innermost feelings and give them expression. Letters to my Daughter: A Mother’s Journey of Healing and Transformation was one such book that was birthed by the Wise Heart Writer in me. And since then, I have birthed poems and other forms of writings that speak to the Divine Feminine Goddess in each woman who reads these Wise Heart writings. It’s my greatest passion to awaken women to their beauty, worth, and knowingness through the words that come from my heart. I have been on this journey for the last 16 years and have come to appreciate the ebb and flow of the heart and its expressions through the written word. I also host a radio program called The Writer's Divine Den on Positive Living Vibrations. You are welcome to visit my website here, or connect with me on Facebook, or Twitter.

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