The Fire Inside

Churning pillows of billowing flames

Emotions I fight, feelings sans names

Building the power of unwanted shame

Of fanning the fire inside

Never to be dreams of running a race

Killing the instinct to go past the pace

Burning my image and leaving no trace

Of grasping the fire inside

A mile short of  life's actualization

A step short of esteem's realization

With a measure of love's intoxication

Of seeing the fire inside

I burn inside with flames of tall timbers

I melt into a lava that simmers

I fear the inevitable embers

Of losing the fire inside

© Paul Viel 2002