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FIRE-LIGHT

I breathed in fire and by it's light I saw,
There in the darkest corner, me naked
Curled up on the floor.

We huddled there in fear and dread
For years and tears we couldn't see a door.

Then through a crack there slipped
A molecule of light and out I crept,
My God the sun is bright.

 

John Christmas