Fire

Photo by Hans Isaacson on Unsplash

A Poem by Kimberly Phinney

my mind:

i prefer its slow burn– 

    its fireworks across a blue-black sky,

its tortuous brushfires 

    to nearly anything else.

and though it burns me

    to the second degree,

it is—nonetheless– 

                                        light.

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Kimberly Phinney is a mom, wife, and child of God. As a professional helper and artist, Kimberly is a professor of English, writer, and photographer. Her writing has been published in Ekstasis Magazine, Fathom, Truly Co, Calla Press, Radix Magazine, and many more. After surviving a severe form of Stage 4 Endometriosis and sepsis in 2021, she is now earning her doctorate in counseling to help the marginalized and suffering. She is the founder and editor of the faith community and literary journal, The Way Back to Ourselves, and was recently featured on ABC News and Good Morning America for her national teaching award and her compelling health story surrounding it. As a mental health and disabilities advocate, Kimberly hopes to use her life, story, and art to help others find their way back to wholeness and faith in a world that has forgotten how.