Maintian the fire

Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6W9kj3cG8A (Escucha Me: Gipsy Kings)

Fire

Dangerous?
Precious?

All in the hand

Of the beholder

Lame Prometheus paid penance

Vestal virgins devoted life

America

With fireballs of her own

Casts the light

Complete with shadow

Across the world

To

Maintain the fire

Keep the hearth

Empire incorruptible

Til darkness fell

With tender hands

Open heart

Fire was the gift

She gave

Burning hot

Delicate tempest

Giving life

As gave her fire

Complete

But

Fire holds

Dance Demanding
Control precise

To approach

He knew

Detective book

Complete

Must be cast

Complete

Contradictions

Forgotten

As only singed comrades
Will do
After passage through
Flames

For flames function

For now

Was to heal

Nurture

Breath life
By binging light

As gentle

As warm

Of the very first cup of coffee in the morning

To replenish the gift

Or simply

To
Maintain the fire

Keep the hearth

Empire incorruptible

Til darkness fell