The Fire Inside

© 2021 J Oscar Bittinger

You turn around mid-afternoon
To see how far you’ve come
Mountains are behind you
A dark wood is in front
You going to have to set up camp
Before you lose the sun
You’re out to find
WHAT’S WILD INSIDE

Dreams that have driven you
Burning down the house
Convictions and addictions
Turn your questions inside out
When you trace through the patterns
Find a dangerous thing that blazes all the time
THE FIRE INSIDE
Try to satisfy
THE FIRE INSIDE

It could spark with flint of anger
From a insult or a threat
The embers of injustice
The hot shame of regret
A holy flame engulfing you
A madness that your breaking heart can’t hide
THE FIRE INSIDE

What smolders in the past
Must be felt to be released
What burns in the present
Just won’t let you sleep
What glows in the future
Is a torch that leads you toward
The source behind
THE FIRE INSIDE
You can’t deny
THE FIRE INSIDE
Can’t be denied

Edits :: 1998 | 2020: Oct 22-27; Nov 07 | 2021: Jun 30; Sep 09-28;