Poem: A Flame That Should Not Burn

 A Flame That Should Not Burn

On a subway train beneath the city’s roar,

Two lives collided, broken and poor.

A homeless woman, lost and frail,

A migrant man with his own sad tale.

From a shelter’s shadow, he came in despair,

Haunted by anger too heavy to bear.

In an act so cruel, a fire was lit,

A life consumed, the world unfit.

But what does this say of the world we’ve made,

Where pain runs deep, and kindness fades?

Where the homeless wander with nowhere to go,

And anger festers in hearts laid low?

This season calls for a different light,

A love that heals, a hope that’s bright.

Not flames of hate, but hands that mend,

A warmth of mercy we all must send.

Christ taught love for every soul,

The hurting, the lost, the broken whole.

Let this tragedy spark not despair,

But a call to act, to truly care.