Flame of Breath

every experience, every need, every perception
every thought, every longing, every deception
to KNOW THYSELF from each consideration of life
be it of anticipation, of vision, of glory, of strife
a moment, comes to be both the present and the past
every breath of BEING, a seed upon consciousness cast
heed the sounding of change and each calling desire
quell not the flame of breath that feeds passion’s fire
feel the fire and the flame... 
be there no tame... 
be there no tame...
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York