fire gazing

This ‘poem’ came through on the evening of the full moon of 1/13.

press play on the vid below, before reading the poem…
it’s an important ingredient in the alchemy of this transmission.

i invite you to let the music play for a minute or so and settle into your breath.

i invite you to read this s.l.o.w.e.r. than your normal reading pace…

sip and savor this medicine…as a poet would.

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i’m not praying for water
and i honor those who do.

i’m not praying.

i sit quietly and listen.

i hear an invitation

for writing relationship
for right relationship

with
fire

.

in council,

fire speaks.

fire says,
“feed me”

“…or i will feed myself, however i must
for like you, i am hungry.”

.

i’m not praying

.

what is needed,
is communicated
clearly and directly

like the light of the sun
or the cries of a child

what is needed

is here
now

what is

is

and

was

and

will be

what is needed is

.

love

.

i and the fire are one

i see fire

i taste fire

i touch fire

i smell fire

i hear fire

I AM fire

.

i love fire

.

Self speaks
fire listens

fire speaks
Self listens

i sit and listen
to this conversation
with my Self

.

I AM

.

guided
instructed
invited

to tend to this being
to tend to fire
to tend to life

to Self-care
to nourish

.

i prepare a buffet of offerings
in this temple of color

in this temple of life
that I AM stewards

.

i light candles

.

i feed the fire,

oil

.

i feed the fire,

wax

.

i feed the fire,

delicacies from around the world

.

i do not give the fire water.

the fire does not want water.

it speaks not of thirst.

it says it is hungry
and must eat,
not drink

.

so i feed the fire

.

i trust the fire

i trust the fire
knows what
it needs

.

together we dwell
in this sanctum

time burns away
way way away

i watch what it eats
and what it does not

i ask fire,
”would you like more”

as i ask of anyone whom
i welcome for a meal
in this holy temple
of my being

no words are spoken
a dance of glances

fire eats until full
I AM full
whole
and

knowing is the language
we speak tonight

complete

.

quietly and peacefully
together we embrace
the tender silence

we feel

gentle breeze
that flickers
fickle flame

.

the blurring of
what was

the blurring of
what is

the blurring of
what will be

.

in this blurring
the gaze softens

softer, softer
softens her

tensions melt

together as a we
we embrace
the soft glow

of the flame that brightens
the lightest of days

of the flame that lightens
the darkest of nights

“i see you”
says fire

”i see you seeing me”
says the fire

that says,
”i see you”

.

In Lak’ech
Ala K’in

.

eyes gaze
and meet
in presence

eternal
presence

the power
of presence

.

tears flow
fires glow

.

flames
merge

in an offering
of holy heart

sparks

light
of life

.

life

is

born

life is born
of fire

says the One
born of fire

.

.

.

by: kenneth ira friedfertig

.

now i invite you,
to light a candle
sit with this fire
this flamed friend

breath, behold, soften
let the alchemy of life
melt and massage you
exactly as it does

listen and notice
what does fire
say to you?

what do you say
to this sacred fire?

what wisdom
rains down
on the fertile
grounds of
your being?

breath and bee
with this
gentle
rain

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