Here Again

[Mark Cecil]

Lots of great imagery creating here that sticks in the brain

How am I here again?
To the place where fire
burns from cold, ashen embers  I like the image that heat or warmth here symbolises life and activity which is further emphasised in the next stanza

As unexpected as a bolt of lightning;
Electrifying
what has gone to the grave This line about the grave confuses me a bit but also intrigues - does it refer to the things you have let go but come back as a bolt of lightning?

Unearthed from beneath
a current of questions,
of possibilities,
of melting and bending
faith’s pillar Perhaps my favourite stanza of the whole poem a lot of naturalistic imagery to a very human problem

All, for what?
For torture of the soul?
Self-pity?
For weeping as a willow
reaches downward
to meet the earth?
For floundering as a fish
searching in circles? Love the image of willow and fish to very strong images

Back to where I began.
How am I here again? Strong ending







**Thanks for reading/critiquing!**