Walk into the fire.
Trust the flames not to hurt
If they aren’t hot.
Seize the moment when your breath
Has all gone out, waiting for pain,
To be the moment before your breath returns.
The beads of sweat
Are sweet and full.
There are no burns
That can take you whole.
Birth always hurts
But we must turn towards
The fireproof suit that we could own.
10.14.2020
Find more of Eden’s work at Moth Traces.
Just found this site. I follow Olivia Block on instagram. Really good work. I couldn’t help but think of the artist Cassils when I read it. Do you know/know of them? https://www.cassils.net/cassils-artwork-inextinguishable-fire