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Inner Flames
A spark, a leap, a dancing flame
Unruly and unwilling to be tamed
An ember dancing in the night
Changing darkness into light
So small and fragile as many were
But passion stirred inside of her
As fires burned out from the start
Faith, hope, and love lived in her heart
It kindled the flame inside
While others died she survived
The flame that lives on within her today
Allows her to share her story in every way
Her inner flame burns bright as the sun
It’ll continue to burn until her time is done
It kindles the hearts of the young and the old
It burns brighter each time her story is told
And when the fire that burns within
Begins to sputter and grow thin
We pray that every second we existed
Was a time when we persisted
Through the ups and downs of life
No matter how much was filled with strife
Live every second as though it’s your last
To live in the present and not in the past
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This poem is dedicated to Magda Herzberger, a Holocaust survivor who survived 3 different concentration camps, Auschwitz, Bremen, and Bergen-Belsen. She shares her story through her books, and poems, and came to my school to tell her tale. Thank you, Magda, for coming, you are an inspiration to all.