WARMED BY YOUR FIRE
I’m out in the cold, wishing you were here.
All too often I took your lyrics for granted,
So many times I mistook your candle for harm.
A typical child would have kept out of trouble
With knowing the extreme burden you bear.
A love that keeps the fire burning.
When I was alone searching for a memory,
You called out my name as a gift to me.
I waited a moment then lost my way
In the warmth of your arms.
Close to me are those reminders of solitude
Taking on a song,
I know I can turn to you now or later.
Why do I endure this isolation,
This bitter sound of silence.
O love, why do you care?
Months can go by without my making a verbal plea
Nor an inner yearning for your touch.
If you are here, save my soul from growing numb
And burn tonight a fraction of your light.
Dwell outside the deep that calls the deep inside of me.
I am homesick and strange to feeling alone.
Warmed by your fire,
Underneath your flame
Is where I belong.
________________________________©2000 Torrence J. King. All Rights Reserved.
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