Catch Fire

By: Stephanie Josiah  10/01/2011

It is a frustration
trying to set
the world on
fire

don't need a burning bush
my body is ablaze
passion and emotion
hot to the touch

light shakes bone with
power
and friction leads to
flame

I have faith and hope
they cannot see
abilities they
do not know

Even their leaders are
wet
like them - soaking wet
with experience and reason

They speak flammable words
but snuff them out too soon wiith
doubt's cold
dampness

I try to ignite something in them
by action
by speech
but they are wet... they are so wet

I must decide
"stay or leave?"
Fire is snuffed by water
so too is passion by reason and

faith by fear
I should go find
dry people before
there is nothing left but steam