one touch of fire

    this is the moment when i know mistake
    the voice i hear most loudly is my own
    so many ghosts now crowd around the lake

    you see the wind will make the branches shake
    and hear just how the forest comes to moan
    this is the moment when i know mistake

    on ears and minds the same words come to break
    and winds and whirlwinds long ago were sown
    so many ghosts now crowd around the lake

    at such a second the eye grows opaque
    and the cold ear can't register a groan
    this is the moment when i know mistake

    the clarity of light no one could fake
    at such a time as this when it is shown
    this is the moment when i know mistake

    the fact of life is there is no retake
    the pieces scatter once the bomb has blown
    this is the moment when i know mistake
    so many ghosts now crowd around the lake

(C)2008, Fragano Ledgister