I Am Fire

I am an apology «I'm sorry» whispered hastily
I am an aging hand as it plays a guitar
I am a bumble bee always busy never free
I am a slow combusting star
I am fire
I am the morning dew that glimmers in the light
It’s gold and as it smiles at you the glare gets in your eye
I am the silence before and after the fight
She said «my oh my
You’re fire»
I am the third quilt you pull up on your bed
I am the snake hanging off of the man in that hat
I’m the sun that overheats the hair on your head
And I’m sorry that I left you like that
Watch me glow
Don’t get in the way
And I don’t know
Just what to say
Watch me glow
I can keep you warm
But if there’s lightening darling
Who knows what I’ll do after the storm
I am an apology «I'm sorry» whispered hastily
Probably the one that I’ve owed you since last July
I am the lump that keeps dwelling in my throat
It’s probably my pride I swallowed as I write you this note
Fire burns things down now that the view is clear I see
If you were water in my lungs then you’d be close enough to me