burn...

 

Like watching the sun

from afar it is peaceful, the near star

shows its gentle fire, and it makes us

a world in which warmth is in the air

From afar a long line slowly moving cars

follows the path thru solemn gates

there the long snaking trail pauses

we wait for the further moments

We have been here before

played this scene in pain-filled dreams

and awakened to worse...

it is like watching the sun

bright warm light- so calm steady

but inside, a hellish burn of ages

where fire melts into fire

We stand the ritual way

and say words of comfort and will

that the awful spill of his life will matter

more tomorrow and tomorrow again

inside...we burn, and the fire

takes no rest, now we are

the heart fires of the star...we burn.

http://allpoetry.com/poem/11629657-burn...-by-Peteskid