I Have Walked In Fire
acrylics on canvas
81 x 100 cm
2020
custom work // sold
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I have walked in fire.
they said: careful! don’t go!
but I went,
walked barefoot
towards the flames.
so much of me
was burnt away.
I fell as ashes
covered my past self.
when the fire was gone
I was cold
and they said: now you see!
but all I saw was
the dead weight I had lost -
the things meant to
crumble in the wind
things I needed to shed.
the imprint of fire
on the soles of my feet.
and when I rise
I’ll be more whole;
not lessened
but made real.
// kaisa vanhala