Illuminate

There is a light

Glimmering

Within me

Someone important once told me this

He told me

In times of need

To close my eyes

To see the flame

And to grow that flame 

until it takes up 

every inch of space 

within me

I have taken this flame for granted

Assuming it will always be there

I check on it 

just to be sure it is lit

But have not tended 

nor care for it as I should

Sputtering

Crying out

Pleading for nourishment

Sustenance

I wave it away

You are lit, I say

That is enough.

That is not enough.

This light

This constant flame

Stirring within me

Yearns to grow

Yearns to overtake

Yearns to be so brilliant

So powerful

That it would burst through me

Synchronously touching those i touch

This light would will itself to emanate 

through my fingertips

through my eyes

through my smile

Rendering me whole 

solely through it's existence

The light wills this

And

If I am the light

I can will no less.