both apt to flash wild when roused
then left unattended

I am pointed and quick
larking and whipping with spirited vigor
to stream is my nature
to wield me takes effort learned through experience
to know me alone is not enough
when needed there is no comparison

you are heat and action
burning fuel and oxygen at an accelerated pace
to be consuming is your way
to know your gifts takes diligence and observation
awareness of the dangers you may pose
most of all, to yourself

i can avert disasters, we are the same
i can bring destruction, we are the same

you fear burning out
you fear hurting

all ashen ruin when forlorn, yearning

i fear being turned off
i fear laying listless and unused

a useless thing without a muse

i am a firehose, you are a fire

when we collide, sizzle and steam

how am I to reach you
my torrent threatens to snuff your flames

you're consumed, consuming
a prisoner of your own doing

how can my essence set you free
show me what it is to see

trust me with your sacred flame
speak your need, then speak my name