Unquenchable saw a blue feather blow by
Her window as she looked out one night
For some reason it made her feel more alive
And rising she chased it outside
She ran after is wherever it went
Til it disappeared in the dark
But she felt if she kept on, she'd see it again
So she followed the light of her spark
She looked at the stars, wondering as they fell
Leaving white streaks in the sky
If skies could talk, what kind of stories they'd tell
Of the stars in the past that had dies
And she wondered why so many wishes come true
Why in awe of the beauty we gasp
When a light holding onto its dark home for years
Shoots across the sky, burning its last
Her thoughts interrupted as she came to a sea
And she slowly stepped onto a dock
So new yet so familiar this place seemed
As if some door to her wishes unlocked
Then through the mist of the darkness ahead
She spotted a tiny sailboat
She squinted to see what the side of it said
Surprised, she read, Unquenchable Hope,
She felt as if it beckoned her come aboard
So boldly she stepped inside
Trembling with emotion, bid goodbye to the shore
And cut the rope that was to the dock tied
Sometimes it felt she'd been in that boat for years
For always continued the night
But soon she was lost and couldn't stop the tears
As she forgot what the sun had looked like
When suddenly a storm blackened her world
Extinguishing even the stars
Wind filled the sail and waves tossed the girl
As she wished she'd not come out so far
She hid in the corner unsure what to do
The storm tearing the boat apart
And the flame within her started flickering too
As great fear crept into her heart
Then all at once she was thrown from the boat
And into the sea's cold embrace
She tried desperately to keep herself afloat
As the water crashed over her face
The storm was too strong for her, pulling her down
Away from the freedom of air
And quickly unquenchable started to drown
And her fighting turned into despair
Her lungs filled with water, strength wearing thin
Flame nearly extinguished with doubt
She felt arms around her and knew it was Him
He wouldn't let her fire go out
She was pulled to the surface, then onto a shore
And sputtering, found air once again
She focused, she had never been here before
Eyes gripped her, a whisper...Him
"Unquenchable, hope didn't die with the storm
And the dark hasn't put out your flame
Instead, it will be deeper than it was before
And brighter than it's ever been
I'll always be with you..." and then He was gone
And stilled in the silence she lay
No longer alone though, and she sensed all along
He'd kept her alive all this way
She was tired and battered from fighting the waves
And she lay there a while to ponder
And the thought of His voice and she thought of the days
When she was so much freer to wander
When she had gained courage, she stood to her feet
And then turned away from the sea
And as she did, something majestic and sweet
Appeared where the clouds used to be
The sky streaked orange and then yellow and pink
The beginnings of a new dawn
She wasn't sure yet what to feel or think
But something kept her going on
She came to a gate, and her heart skipped a beat
As she glimpsed what was on the other side
The feather, bright blue, lay just beyond reach
She felt if she could touch it, she'd fly
She pulled at the latch, trying to open the gate
And realized it was to no avail
This gate wasn't made to open her away
No matter what she tried, she would fail
When a sweet gentle breeze took the feather away
Unquenchable felt her heart shatter
She'd wanted it where she could see it to stay
To make it feel like the pain inside mattered
Just then the sky broke in a beautiful blue
The sun chasing away the cold
And with it Unquenchable's courage renewed
Her dreams once again growing bold
The light above her painted hope in the sky
Filling her with silent awe
And for the first time the tears filling her eyes
Clarified all that she saw
She thought of the stars and understood why
It's a beautiful thing when they fall
For it's as they let go they become the most bright
It's then that they give hope to us all
It's just like my boat that I had to let sink
And I thought in that moment, hope died
But now that I'm seeing it, I really think
That made room for some real hope inside
And maybe someday that sweet wind will return
That feather right back to this gate
But I think for right now I'm just going to learn
How to hear Him, to see Him, and wait
And she settled herself with her gaze on the sky
Drinking in all the hope in the light
And she finally believed that the good only dies
To make room for the best to have life
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