For Artsakh
To make a fire,
Clear rocks and stones
To find earth dry enough to serve
The blaze to come.
Gather tinder, kindling and wood
Because you need all three
For the flame to catch and burn.
Human-made fire is:
Light and warmth and protection.
It transcends want and worry.
It’s elemental and constant.
It’s not easily snuffed out.
When you build a fire
And the conditions are right,
It will burn eternally.
Just add fuel and oxygen.
When fire catches flame:
Watch it rise.
See it spread.
Hear it roar.
Because fire isn’t just light and warmth
And protection.
It’s sound and smell.
It’s movement and force.
And under the right conditions
It cannot be contained.
Georgi Bargamian
Georgi Bargamian is a freelance writer of news, opinion and poetry, focusing on themes of loss, longing, identity and heritage. She is also a community volunteer trying to do her part for the realization of a free, united and independent Armenia.
Latest posts by Georgi Bargamian (see all)
- Measuring depth with the drop of a stone at Dudan Gorge - September 3, 2024
- After Ardahan: Reflections on a journey to the homeland - July 23, 2024
- Greater Detroit ARS Zavarian School welcomes students back to class - September 12, 2023
Dear Georgi-Ann,
This was very nice, warm and inspirational, apropo for this terrible time – AGAIN! – in the history of the Armenian Nation. If we build enough fires, just MAYBE, the resulting inferno will make a difference. May God hear our prayers and deliver us from evil.