To Burn My Heart

To burn my heart out for my love 
Each day, each night, each dawn, each evening 
To seek the treasures up above 
And conquer all that is deceiving 

To burn my heart out every day 
And in the night it to replenish 
Means catching forces as they play 
And making them serve what I cherish. 

Burn, my heart, burn: You're still alive 
Embrace the essence of each minute 
From it eternity derive 
And find all that's contained within it 

Bring it to sunlight, make it bloom, 
Twist past and future into present 
Make it eternity consume 
And let it blossom, iridescent. 

In minute - tear it, mold it, burn 
Fill it with incandescent passion 
Make it scream shattered; make it yearn 
For rapture - give it a concussion 

That it would break and spill its core 
And, broken, blend into forever - 
My heart! Beat faster, I implore 
And every minute do dissever: 

Course time like lifeblood through my veins, 
Wring truth from it and make it feed me 
Flush out the rest - all that remains - 
And make truth bleed - yes, make it bleed me - 

Until I'm dry and, like dry wood, 
I burn with passion every minute
For all that's true, for all that's good, 
And for love as my eyes have seen it.