Your Secret Fire

There’s secret fire in you

And every living soul

The flames touch every sinew

But burn to keep you whole

You’ll see it in the darkness

You’ll find it in despair

When melancholy harkens

You’ll feel the ember-flare

When friends grow into strangers

And famly bonds disperse

When life’s uncaring dangers

Oppress you with their worst

When misery’s pale winter

Prevails with bitter frost

When hope no longer glimmers

Its vibrant mantle lost

There’s secret fire in you

Embedded in your soul

It wants to glow within you

And burn to keep you whole