I am a flame. br My tongue licks and caresses, br My light burns heat and br Sends it to your cheeks. br Smokey silk lifts into the air. br My fingers to lips, leaving br Charred and dry. I have no sound, br Just the silent burning that sends you on edge. br br My anger is fury, thundering br And crackling. This Hell will never freeze over. br The Devil claims me as his own. br My fury has colored countless pictures br Of the fiery afterlife. br br After time, my anger calms and my br Violent burns are reduced to lapping waves br That comfort and sooth the air about you. br br Flame, the Moving Force of Nature, br It will continue to push the begrudgingly br Bashful world along its path. br C’est la vie. Such is life. br Continuing and moving on, I say. br br Soft licks and angry crackles, br Silky air and charred lips. br I am a flame.