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Light
At the seat of learning
We were burned again and again
Taken again and again through fire
The fire of learning.
Burning hotter than the hottest furnance
Any goldsmith has known.
It burned me intensely
Melting away the fats and flesh
From my spirit till my soul began to glow
And all the weight of ignorance
Was charring off.
Light and glowing like a holy ghost
I float.
Free like an eagle in flight.
Floating with the breeze into the sky
Shining with a million stars
And the fire will not stop burning
And my burning spirit goes on soaring
Up up to glow with the sun forever.
We were burned again and again
Taken again and again through fire
The fire of learning.
Burning hotter than the hottest furnance
Any goldsmith has known.
It burned me intensely
Melting away the fats and flesh
From my spirit till my soul began to glow
And all the weight of ignorance
Was charring off.
Light and glowing like a holy ghost
I float.
Free like an eagle in flight.
Floating with the breeze into the sky
Shining with a million stars
And the fire will not stop burning
And my burning spirit goes on soaring
Up up to glow with the sun forever.
Published 22nd Oct 2010
| Edited 25th Oct 2010
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24th Oct 2010 7:40pm
I really like this my good sir. I used to feel this way. I'm glad someone still does.
25th Oct 2010 7:23am
Thank you so much my fried, I appreciate your comment. It's quite warming. Thanks.
29th Jan 2011 1:36am
I enjoyed the way you separated 'I float' it made me really appreciate that image, I liked all the lines. Though I must confess for the first time, in a long time, I liked the poem because the words were very pretty and flowed not because I fully understood the tale.
31st Jan 2011 8:09am
I am glad there is something you like about the poem. The tale is simple. It is the tale of my schooling and acquisition of knowledge. It was difficult, hectic and almost impossible. But it in the end, it paid off quite well.
