Nov 15 (edited) • General discussion
Stillfire Method: Storytelling Through Lament and Light
Family, I want to share more of my creation tool —the Stillfire Method.
It has been my way of shaping spoken word and storytelling for 15 years, —here are my five stages:
• Stillness
• Fire
• Smoke
• Ash
• Ember
✍🏾 Stillfire Sermon
Stillness
I recite in the hush of city lampposts,
flickering truth over grassroots misinformed
by corner-store wisdom and expired dreams.
Fire
Stuff like that make you lose hope in humanity—
like drizzle to downpour,
we stand idly by
while cardboard convictions float down storm drains.
Smoke
Hope curls beside hunger,
sharing a blanket of breath and borrowed time.
Graffiti bleeds like scripture—
tagged in tongues only the broken can translate.
Ash
I’ve seen joy evicted,
its laughter boxed up in black trash bags.
Watched mothers spell “abandonment”
before their children learned their names.
Ember
But still—
children chalk galaxies on sidewalks,
daring the stars to remember their names.
Still fire.
Still burning.
Still becoming.
💬 Prompt for You:
Where in your life or community do you see Stillfire—the ember that refuses to die? Share below so we can build testimony together.
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Stillfire Method: Storytelling Through Lament and Light
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