It burns too hot
Can’t douse the flames
Can’t put it out
I walk away
And let it burn
It follows me
Burns up the world
But if I stay
And let it burn
It burns away
The fuel it’s fed
I walk away
And let it burn
It follows me
Burns up the world
But if I stay
And let it burn
It burns away
The fuel it’s fed
But every time
I find a wall
Which limits me
And makes me small
I push it back
A little way
Become a bigger
Man that day
Who I am
What I was always
Meant to be
Seeing the land in this way
I recognize the depth
Of my own trauma
Like the waves
Slowly undermining
A steep rocky shore
I remind myself
Look forward
Or risk running aground
I live on a smooth
Round globe
Of rock and water
With just a thin veneer of gas
But I shrug
And think to myself
Life itself
Is a surprise
Which always surprises me
But I recline
Beneath a golden sky
Above a glittering sea
And therein lies
The greatest wealth
I’ll ever need
Exquisite beauty
But I prefer the mystery