april songs:  elements of life 6

april song 16—fire

flammable sometimes, the temper,
even deadly in its ember;
who can pacify a furnace,
when with rage it burns in earnest?

purify my wanton dreaming
that your tongues, for my redeeming,
may appoint me to rejoice in
kinder metaphoric cruisin.

an aspiring pyromaniac,
straddling burning candles bareback,
fascinated by the flame dance,
withers in his budding romance.

yellow flames in low combustion
leave fair room for verbal fustian,
but the deadly blue of high noon
breathes an arsonistic monsoon.

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by Clyve A. Bowen♫