The fire which we had yesterday is gone today.
![Gerrit Lansing at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA, August 2011 (photo by Jim Dunn).](https://jacket2.org/sites/jacket2.org/files/Gerrit%201-resize2_0.jpg?1354569673)
To Gerrit Lansing
There is a fire that burns in us
consumes us in equal flame.
To renew the flame, to cause each day
To burn with equal ambition.
That is our goal, that is our aim.
To renew, to please, to stay
These begot today.
Edited byJim Dunn Kevin Gallagher