16 June 2012
The smoke alarm is going off I really should get going But there is an attractive thought That I think is worth knowing
There is no indecision here If I stay I die I wonder who'll be at the funeral I wonder if any will cry
The door is open and so's the way The path for me is clear So why am I not leaping free? It's nothing to do with fear
Quite the opposite in fact It brings to my heart peace Knowing how I'll go When my breath will cease
A sense of urgency pervades It's clogging up the air Its demanding I should run But I find I just don't care
I see the dancing shadows Flames flickering on the staircase I wondered when that would happen When fire would show its face
Still I'm lacking motivation It's hard to discover the will No ones knows this way unlike Me downing a bottle of pills
There isn't that much to it I don't feel the survival urges I've heard fire can purify Your darkened soul it purges
Searing heat is rising now Warming my bedroom floor Thick acrid swirls of smoke Are creeping under the door
I don't get how fire is pure If everything is charred Blackened further, burnt and sooty Bodies blistered and scarred
Only if they aren't devoured Wholeheartedly by the flames If I listen close enough It's whispering your names
The names of a family I don't have I was robbed of the chance When that rich man rolled up here And caught you in a glance
He wanted you and you knew Your passionate fire was kindled Our blaze was already going strong But in face of him, it dwindled
You were mine, with our child But you chose him over me So now I'm lethargic in the fire It caresses me tenderly
Like you never used to do Not after he stole your heart I was crushed by your departure Lust, it drove us apart
I lost my son before I knew it He calls the rich guy dad So now when the smoke fills my lungs I sleep forever glad
Glad to be free of my life So filled with misery Fire has cleansed me from the earth From heartbreak, I'm finally free!
I.Sparrow
Love And Flames • Opuss № I