Spark Glimmer Flame February 28, 2021 by Harvey Kalmenson Leave a Comment Spark, Glimmer, Flame Avoid calling it prayer Apply wishful thinking Yours alone to take A second choice Still fighting well-aged despair Search the seemingly burned out coals Perhaps a flicker of light Remains beneath Though worn down Remembrances Mine to keep Beneath it all My mind’s eye revealing Yet difficult to trust Sleep remains in groggy eyes Yawning, scarcely in belief Once it was then Today I perceive A flame appears Flickering brighter now Coals brightly burning Have they returned A spark, a glimmer, a flame The soul of this actor More than an ember Then, it is now Not yet quenched A flame still burns An upward curtain New, better, unspurred He shares his secret Inside his grounded temperament Urgings for him to growl again Okay then, you bastards, one more time Do not play me Is it truly a sparkle I feel Oh if only emotions were trustworthy Oh to be At home, at home again, with lights shimmering, and a flame flickering at rise Oh! To bow again Once more hearing the blissful sounds of an unmasked audience with its wave upon wave of approving tides, forever filling all of life with blessings! –hk– Chicago Auditorium Theatre Chicago’s Landmark Stage Est. 1889
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