If I Could Start a Fire

If I could start a fire,

That will live up to my heart’s desire,

I will sleep serenely in its light,

As it devours the little pieces of night

That always disturbed me in my sleep,

I’ll watch it dance for me when I weep

In my secret white haven of cold

And it’ll burn away the pain of the world,

Forever reflecting in my sparkling eyes,

Melting my soul’s flakes as it dies,

And I watch as its ashes in smoke disappears

Into another life with all my fears,

And when the sun’s taken over the fight,

I’ll still wait for the next lonesome night

To hide in a place where no sound of feet

Disturbs the waves of winter and silent retreat,

Then I’ll start yet another fire,

That will live up to my heart’s desire.