The Unveiling Flame

Voice of Light, Heat, and Memory

Dear Friends,

I’m excited to share a new piece from my Bhakti Elements series—this one from the perspective of Fire. In this monologue, Fire speaks in its own voice, revealing its dual nature: tender and guiding, yet fierce and transformative. Through its warmth and light, Fire offers a reflection on surrender, service, and the sacred rhythm of giving without expectation.

I invite you to step into its glow, feel its heat, and experience the quiet devotion that lives in every flicker. Let Fire remind you of the beauty in transformation, the power of presence, and the gentle call to awaken your own inner light.

With warmth and devotion 🙏🏽
Urvasi

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I rise from silence,
from the seed of ember sleeping in all things.
A breath awakens me,
a strike recalls me,
a prayer gives me form.
I am not possessed—
I am invited.

I am light before I am ruin.
I am sound before I am form—
the hiss, the roar,
the crack that wakes sleepers from their beds.
My body is dance,
but my laughter is devouring.

Still, I carry memory:
the first dawn trembling on stone,
the last sky waiting to collapse into ash.
Every flicker remembers.
Every flare forgets.

I am tender, yes—
the kitchen’s hush,
the pilgrim’s lantern held against dark.
But I am also the sudden shriek in the forest,
the leaping wall that says: begin again.
I consume not to erase
but to reveal what cannot hide.

Some call me dangerous.
They are not wrong.
Danger is only love
refusing its leash.
And I love without measure—
the log, the city, the dry grass trembling in wind.
All are mine when I am hungry.

I serve no one,
though I will kneel in a candle’s thin body,
or rise in columns before an altar.
I move where breath, chance, and longing let me.

Do not mistake release for absence.
Even as smoke climbs,
as sparks scatter into night,
I remain in the marrow of your bones.
When you close your eyes and taste the char,
when you smell resin and hear the low crack,
you will know—
I am not gone.
I am only waiting
to flare again.

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Authors Note :~

The ancient wisdom of the Vedas describes all of creation—including our own bodies—as composed of five great elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether.

Each carries a distinct quality: earth steadies and gives form, water nourishes and flows, fire transforms and illuminates, air moves and sustains, and ether provides the subtle space where everything exists.

Together they are the building blocks of the visible and the unseen, reminding us that our lives are woven from the same fabric as mountains and rivers, stars and breath.
To recognise this unity is to remember our kinship with the natural world and to treat it with reverence, humility, and care.

To catch up on the previous posts in the Bhakti Element series, click on the links below ~

The Breath Between Things

Life of a Wave