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 Through the Fire Open in new Window. [E]
A poem about what comes from and enduring change
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Review of: Through the Fire

I really felt this one — not just as words on a page, but as someone who has lived through the kind of change that burns from the inside out. You captured something so real here: that strange mix of emotional ache, physical discomfort, and spiritual heaviness that happens when life shifts in ways we never asked for.

Your imagery is powerful in its simplicity. Walking through fire. Bugs under the skin. Flames in the kidneys. Those are the kinds of lines that make a reader pause because they know that feeling, even if they’ve never said it aloud. You’re describing the kind of pain that creeps through every layer of a person — mind, body, and soul — and you do it with a clarity that’s hard to ignore.

And then that turn at the end… it’s gentle, but it’s hopeful. You remind the reader that we’re not meant to face every fire alone. That sometimes what keeps us going isn’t some grand act of strength but the steady warmth of the people who care about us. That final line — keep yourself burning bright — lands with quiet encouragement rather than forced optimism, and that makes it so much more meaningful.

What I love most is how honest this poem feels. You didn’t try to make change sound poetic or philosophical. You made it human. You made it recognizable. And you left the reader with comfort instead of despair.

Keep writing pieces like this. You have a gift for expressing difficult emotions in a way that feels both vulnerable and reassuring. There’s a steady kindness in your voice, even when you’re describing pain — and that’s a gift to your readers.

Kind wishes,
Tee

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