Thrive on Fire
Thrive on fire – you must try,
In throes of shadow we walk.
Every hour danced away,
And we take no step forward.
Mask of fireflies that bedazzle;
Like candles on insects,
Drawing men to the flame.
Home in straw, home at last.
Burdened in the wake of life,
Smart children without glass,
Plastic or concrete walls,
Just wood to keep out the wind.
Green forms in the jungle show,
Eyes twinkling, voices warbling.
A language alien to Terra,
A voice from a distant sun.
Open the hatch and the ladder,
Carry us away from the waste;
Smoking ruins behind the trees,
Cut away the source of hope.
Please take us with you?
We saw mushrooms of fire,
Exploding in the night sky.
We are left in the barrens.
We are smart children now;
Play with sticks in the sand,
Fire around our dying heart,
Just wood to keep out the wind
