Radical

Survival is
a revolution, radical
surrounded as you are
by all that would rather
snuff you out
-a cookie crumbled
-a candle 
extinguished
like a cigarette
left in an ashtray
too long
smoldering
a dying ember
falling leaves
autumn November...
But no,
live-
rise, rebel
(give 'em hell)
emit even a spark-
a glow
-grow
and give light
warm with your flame
be fiery and create a flowering
become fertile fields
birth a renaissance of mind,
of spirit, of shimmering soul.