A COMMON FLAME

We are different yet carry a common flame,
A burning tap into the revealed unconscious.
Once open Pandora’s Box will never close:
accept her truth.

Our guides into the new place are different,
Yet the responses are humanely common:
A journey taken by the humble enlightened
To a place which terrifies the ordinary mortal –
Who often fail to see beyond the every-day:
the need to go on.

Some visit the flame which becomes too hot,
Others choose to extinguish the flame in fear:
Few choose to embrace the new discovery
And see where the journey may lead the fool.
Taking the courage “to be” is a hard place:
a road less traveled.

Do not expect that others will follow along,
For it is for the few to know and then speak:
An action that enables others to see the light –
if all too briefly.

David Scanlon – England – (1963 - )

Scanlon. D (2018) Poetry for Business : Continuing Conversations. The Foolish Poet Press, Wilmslow, England. A COMMON FLAME. Page Number 58.