The Fire Within Us9/2/12 ©Leona M SeufertWe’ll set fire to the memoriesBurn the pain in our hearts away. We’ll set fire to those memoriesTo transform our yesterday.Change is all around us,Change is all we see.We’ll move past grief and mourningTo the best that we can be.We’ll set fire to the miseryCome out on the other side.We’ll set fire to our worse fearsFrom life’s reality we won’t hide.Gone but not forgotten,Their memory will burn on.We pass the torch of honoring To those yet to be born.We’ll set fire to the agonyBurn the heartache to gray ash.We’ll set fire to the grievingWalk forward but still look back.For in fire steel is strengthenedFor the buildings yet to rise.But the fire that we’ll kindleForges love deep inside.The fire that’s within usIs the hottest of the flames.Burning into the wall of lifeOur absent loved ones names.