In The Ashes! Poem by Eric Cockrell

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break out the windows,
kick down the doors!
stack all the old furniture...
and set fire to it!

the windows....
...through which we stared at life
......safe from its touch!

the doors....
....we closed in our fear
......of who we are
.......and what we see
...........in each other.

the furniture....
....we sat on and laid on
.......while the cries of the struggling
.........and the hands of the hungry
.............reached out...

the fire....
...that burns apathy with pure compassion
.......burns the lie of self till we find
.........the faces of God in the ashes!