A Love That Burns Like Fire

How does one describe true love? no measuring tape can do this even when it's filled with truth that surface evidence can be a myth What we would call real love can be artificial in its effect that's why friends so much divorce what a waste so many are a wreck We need a metaphor to explain it a red-hot coal fire burning within this shows the need of the hour your fingers daren't touch even a whin In your courting days gone by that first look and touch did excite there was something not quite like it more was your requirement into the night So get your inner fire burning make it glow an eternal flame so your lover will pine for more hold you both together as a runaway train