I want to talk about something I like to call “inner fire.” That is pretty self explanatory, but I will explain it anyways (especially to people who may not know what it is). I think of “inner fire” as something that comes within. This inner fire is strong, powerful, motivational, and one of the strongest things that people can have in this world. You do not settle for things that do nothing to make you happy and you do not let anything weigh you down (especially something like the past and bad things). “Inner fire” is the ability to push forward and through life no matter what happens. Yes, there are some times when you want to give up, but you have to keep going, not for anybody else, but for yourself.
I have searched the internet for the right quote (I do not know about my readers, but I find that quotes help me understand things better and it gives me words to connect to) and I know there are no “perfect” quotes, but here is one of the quotes I found from Suzanne Collins. “I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.” I think that quote is great because it explains the important of being radiant (or having radiance), has to do with brightness, warmness, and light. Being radiant has nothing to do with being pretty or beautiful because that is sometimes more physical than anything else although you can feel beautiful or pretty as well as looking pretty or beautiful (if that makes sense).
Here is a poem (same title as what I was talking about before). Remember to live however you want to live and to not settle for anything or anyone (especially when it make you unhappy). I hope that you all break free and find your inner fire. I know that our inner fire is hard to find, but it is there somewhere. We all just need to keep searching. Here is the poem. Happy reading!!
Inner Fire
I am wild and I am free.
I refuse to settle for anything
That makes me uneasy.
I am meant to swing
Through life without a care in
This world. I am not meant to cling
To things that do not set my skin
On fire. I do not dare to remember
My past mistakes as I begin
Each new day. My anchor
Has been released because all it was
Doing was dragging me down. The amber
Glow is here to stay. My flaws
Are here to stay. All the bad things will
End. We are meant to live as outlaws
And on the edge. Forget about frill.
It will do nothing to make me content.
There will still be that occasional spill
Of whatever goes and comes
Through my life. I have this inner
Fire that will break and shatter the cuffs
That I used to wear. The fire
Is burning brighter than the one outside
Of me. I am not letting it all fester
And get worse. I am making my stride
Through it all. I am setting my own pace.
I will not let anything get me all tied
Up together anymore. My life is not a race.
My life is what I want it to be.
Life is not as delicate as lace.
I am no longer going to plea
And beg my way through.
I want to hold my own key
In my palm. I want to be my own glue.
It is stronger than me and you.
