Keep the flame alive, however fragile it’s dance
However forgotten in difficult days, distracted days, despairing days
However obscured by the ego’s demands, the world’s demands
Stir the embers again, let stillness stir it to life
Wake it in the quiet, in those moments, sit with the glow, such a flame within you
Guard it from the wind
Shelter it from the rain
Protect this flickering glory from the fire-stealers
You’ll know them, and how they come
For you are the flame-keeper
The keeper of your flame
As the flame keeps you
An inextinguishable blaze, quite un-put-outable,
A holy flame, holy and strong
This kindly light
This burning gold within, down the years and now
This simple searing flame… and you it’s marvellous keeper
