Fire and Waves

Fire in the sky burns down low

Ashes whisper secrets only they know

The river cries and the water turns gray

Lost in the smoke where memories stray

Smoke on water shadows dance wild

Chasing the embers like a reckless child

Don't get hurt as the sparks collide

Ride the flames on a burning tide

The echoes call from way back when

A haunting song that won't relent

The past swims deep in the fiery flood

Scars of time etched in soot and mud

For a while you lose the fight

Blinded by the smoky light

But every ember fades away

Leaving just the dawn of day

Way back it lingers like a ghostly flame

Yet the fire you carry never stays the same

Smoke rises high when the past takes aim

But in the ashes you rename the name