And I read further that long ago ‘souls collect atoms of radiance‘ and that ‘glow, garbed with a flame came’ to the lips of a Persian poet. And that now humankind dreams to transform and connect again in metaphor through mountainside and monastery with candle, match and lamp at hand.

AlchemisinG

tranquil

onerio

mountain-dew,

saturating

omega with alpha,

forgiveness in flower,

re-absorb

anew

day screamed

intrusions of

anxious overspill,

nourishing Anima,

candle in my dream,

enlighten embers in me