flame

You helped get me out of there.

And now you’re hiring me

to help you,

who has it all together.

But maybe you don’t.

Maybe you’ve had help along the way,

too.

It’s not paying it forward.

It’s paying it all around …

throwing the money in the air and laughing and dancing.

Because like the man on Rainier who discovered money meant nothing

without life,

we will burn down the things that don’t matter

and warm ourselves by the flames

of insubstance.

And we’ll share the heat

with those who crave it too,

like passing the torch

to those who’ll carry

the fire of life.

Mandy Mowers