That Fire

I tell you, I lost it all by that flame The sudden heat that ate my house, the smoke That singed my every hope, my cindered name And how was this tempested thing provoked What little spark ignited this fury Against the frail defence of love, it's all My house was built to be, an armoured wall That made for virtue some sweet security And now its gone ... like vanity, like dust Like all our days upon this wretched piece Of paradise. the tongue has never ceased Nothing here tames the furnace of the beast I am bare, barren of all but my peace And intent to be absent for that fire That shall end the world, and cleanse its desire.