Never Put Out

When life feels heavy, and your load is very large

Animosity and resentment dwarf a love hard to find

When fear and sadness trample a heart ever hopeful

Time has come for centering and renewal

Back to the roots of who we are and want to be

What we find inspiring and beautiful though rare

It's important to consider others not just ourselves

Though happiness must grow before it can be shared

Bludgeoned about in life's tumultuous fight

Serenity is a calm found only within one's heart

Dear child, seek thee out your truth, don't pout

That nugget of light, dimmed briefly but

never put out...