The Fire Within

Have you ever felt
the flames within you
burning, rising, crackling
to fill every corner of your being?

I have.

And do every day.

The heat, the warmth
that fire within
it never quite leaves me.
The water may sooth it,
the earth may calm it
but a short time later, the air will whip it back
and continue the bonfire in my soul.

Always a drive
rarely a direction.
Then it turns inward,
to consume me from the inside out.

Will I ever master it?
Will I expand and light the world?

Or will I lock it inside…
and let the fire turn my soul to ashes

Have you ever felt
a peace within you
calm, quiet, serene
stillness through all of your being?

I haven’t.




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poetry copyright 2002 fireflyhotaru. So yea, don't take it. Though if this poem actually describes you well, do give me a jingle or whatever b/c i don't know anyone else that is as good of an example of too much fire energy as me!