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 What will you do if the answer is yes?

 
Will you burn in the fire rising Phoenix; 
 

Will you play in the dirt growing green;

 

Will you ride on the wind blowing free;

 

Will you drown in the ocean lifting waves;

 
Embrace?
 
What will you do if the answer is yes?
 
Will you run from the fire’s heat;
 
Will you clean the mud from your feet;
 
Will you turn your back to the wind;
 
Will you stand at the water’s edge;
 
Hedge?
 
What will you do if the answer is no?
 
Will you light up the night with candle fire;
 
Will you prostrate your self on the earth;
 
Will you scream desire on the wind;
 
Will you swim the ocean of despair;
 
Utter another prayer?
 
What will you do if the answer is no?
 
Will you sit by the fire and sigh;
 
Will you bury yourself in the earth;
 
Will you deny with each breath of air;
 
Will you walk in the rain with out aim;
 
Love pain?
 
Do you accept: do dare?
 
You need to know what you’ll do before prayer.
   Louise DeBrower
  January 30, 1998©