Deep Within (part two)
Broken downtrodden and burned
I found you lying there hopeless.
Seen deep within the fire no longer burns
Only footprints left in the ashes
Tempted to abandon all I saw
Yet inside I could not.
In fear of what could arise
Not needing another form of pain
No desire to lose all feeling again.
Slowly I must spurn the fire
It’s dark inside, I can’t see clearly
The past was hidden deep, so deep
None ever discovered what lay within.
All the while not knowing if he would return
If he found the flame burning again.
The past being perused and gone
Left me knowing I’m not alone
Yet still I was scared. Scared
By the ominous cloud of betrayal.
I had felt its storm before
No desire to be struck once more.
At you I looked on with awe
Astonished by your determination
That which you poured out on paper
Poured into my mind and to my heart.
The fire I must feed within
You cannot be gone forever.
He did return only to find that
Playing with white hot fire burns.
This flame now I guard
I will not let it die.
All the passion, the love, the joy,
All the sorrow, the pain, and past
All a part of the flame within.
Part of the flame that now
burns within me as well.
Two tongues simple but complex
Burn together as one.
And interwoven matrix of color
Beauty and diversity lie within.
Deep within our souls.
-Isaac DeLeon 2001
