you ask me what
 makes anger
 you ask me why we
 rage
 you ask me how to
 kill a fire or turn
 another page
 you ask me what
 makes lightning
 strike or
 why the rain brings
 flood
 what burns a nation
 down to sand
 why war spills so
 much blood
 
 and just for a
 moment
 I thought you saw
 me wave
 but you were
 looking the other
 way
 
 you ask me how I
 taught myself to
 turn the force
 around
 look fear & anger in
 the eyes & turn it
 into sound
 you ask if I can ride
 the wave of
 dangerous emotion
 and if bitter
 disappointments
 are the measure of
 my passion
 
 and just for a
 moment
 I thought I caught
 your eye
 but you were
 turning the other
 way
 
 when you were a
 young one you took
 the road you
 wanted you didn't
 live to compromise
 you took the world
 in with yr eyes & cut
 yr portion down to
 
 size & as you grew
 we always knew
 that yoo were not
 for turning
 
 but when you take
 this path in life
 remember that you
 light the fire you
 burn in.