Fire

I start to figure out

there is this art to life -

that is;

you're always constantly broken

and mended again.

Every single time a lil bit stronger,

a lil bit wiser than before.

What we're afraid of,

maybe, all this time, is to fail

and have people know that you do.

But failing is humane

It is neither an unforgivable shame

nor a permanent disgrace -

as long as we learn

and adjust to evade equally severe burn.

We need those fire sometimes:

the ones that burn you but don't kill you.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger

teaches you wiser

and hopefully, molds you softer.

Feel blessed to fall into a fire.

Because fire tests

and fire purifies.

And dear, there's no shame at all

in making it out of a fire alive.

-sheilla kho