Mantle

How to achieve lofty goal?
Place fair face on the mantle
Above the roaring fire
Sacrifice of hard work
Adored when tired feet
Can walk no more
Every time I stoke
Naked flames of necessity
She is next to me
In a white frame
Holding loved ones
By their names

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