By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo

 

WE undergo many changes as we continue with our life. Some changes are shaped by experience, some by a strong link to our DNA. Some parts of what we are continue to be the same. Impulses, spontaneous responses to stimuli, often go deeper than the changes. Browsing through my old post dated 13 June 2015, I find: “Several times, I am told there has to be a balance between heart and reason. Is there really such a thing? Where do you find balance? I never found it. In love, I get burned, I burn at all ends, until I am reduced to ashes. It is at this point, when I find myself in another dimension, that I rise, and reason is not necessarily its result. It is at this point that I am most in touch with myself. So reason? It comes to me, as an afterthought.”

In many of my poems written throughout the years, I recognize this consistent quality: give it your all, burn if you must, turn into ashes, rise. Whether I write about the fire tree (Fire blooms), about a distant lover (Before anything), or observing a flower (The moon and the red flowers), the flame burns, and at the same time, renews life.

 

Fire blooms (01 June 2015 9:01 a.m.)

a flaming crown
from the fire in my bosom
exploding in the calm
of the morning sun
accepting the joy
and the dangers of fire
and the threat of extinction
by the constancy of burning
it rebels with a smile
a purity unblemished
quiet and serene
ready for the storm

 

Before anything (28 December 2020 5:00 a.m.)

I dance with you
at dawn, seeing your light
before the light shines
on sleeping birds
before the opening of buds
before the awakening of dreams
I dance with the rhythms
of your heartbeat
before you open your eyes
and reach for my lips
in the searing flame
of the moonbeam

 

The moon and the red flowers (06 May 2022 7:31 p.m.)

the flowers did not ask much
thriving on so little
a drop of little rain
a whiff of gentle air
the light of the distant moon
and the sun, in stressful abundance
pushing the buds to open
in flames

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