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The Flame

Original song lyrics written by Svoboda

 

But if you look back,
does it feel like
you’ve accomplished so much more?

All the swollen days,
passing painfully away
could have been ignored.

The tower built
from both love and guilt
finally crumbles down, broken.

Never to be,
ever redeemed,
scattered among the dust.

But keep the flame alive!
Don’t let it die in your hands.
Keep the flame, let it thrive,
Let the rest misunderstand.

Don’t fall in the cave
Of everlasting disaster
Fight back, be brave.

Keep the flame alive,
Let it thrive,
Don’t let it die in your hands!

Keep the flame alive,
let it thrive,
Stay strong and strong it shall stand.

 

 

 

Svoboda is an 18-year-old writer from Czechia. She has won several writing residencies and has appeared at regional and national writers’ conventions and festivals. She dabbles in both creative and nonfiction writing.