The red-hot iron
must be touched with water.
Brittle, fragile
is the steel
held so long in the flame
but dousing
keeps it all from breaking
and gives flexibility
we can fold into
new hardness.
Fire forges and
removes impurities,
and weakens, too.
Steam releases the scale and
solidifies.
Sometimes we all
could do
with a good
quenching.
We could learn from water
having come through fire.
It is a way to
endure.
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