still it burns

open the window
to see it grow
you don't know if it will work
but
you gotta give it a go
you light the match
the spark is hit
the flame leaps up
the heat and the light
exist

it's eating the wick and the wax
it's warming the room
and when it burns down to
the bottom
we'll have to light it again
it's not easy
keeping it alight
any little breeze can blow it out

but in me
still it burns

oh fire giver and taker of life
won't you make up your mind
will you kill me or keep me alive

oh fire dancing lips of flame
warm and consume me
keep the passion growing within

so we watch the embers
as they slowly go red
from such a pale yellow white
to this darker shade
if you throw in some paper
it will catch like a fire bird
and fly up the chimney
out into the world
and somewhere
still
it burns

maybe an angel

maybe an angel
is here with me now
shadowing all i do
maybe an angel is over my shoulder
helping me deal with
the demons i shoulder
maybe an angel
will save me
from taking the fall

maybe an angel
is guiding my path
avoiding the holes in the road
maybe an angel
is carrying me
over the bridge
to my goal
maybe an angel
is hovering near
making sure all is
perfectly clear

all i know is i'm
whole
and maybe
the angel
is you

long overdue

the feeling
and the sweet morning
upon me now
so much relief
after holding it all in
like a flood
out in the open now
long overdue

the time it took to
walk the right road
to walk the right path
or to know when i should move at all
took every ounce of strength
to hold me back
from the cliffside fall
and now that i have sat out the
long winter
everything i wanted
is coming to me
long overdue

i knew by your smile
you understood the unspoken
understood the words behind the rhyme
i knew in your eyes was a new horizon
it was only a matter of time
hold on
it's been long overdue

some give up because they cannot envision
some give in because they cannot wait
i stand here naked before you
longing and leaving the rest behind
to move ahead on this tender wake
surely
this is long overdue
certainly long overdue
hold on
it's been long overdue