“Keep the homefires burning” took on a whole new meaning for me as I struggled through a career change. I faced a number of people who were point-blank evil bastards and wanted nothing less than to crush my spirit. Something in me took fire and burns to this day.
Thousand Suns
There is a fire that burns
with the heat of a thousand suns
I have walked through this inferno
Shadrach is my name
Like the sun in the sky it burns
silent but relentless
now the fire is within me
Meshach is my name
Honor tends this furnace
blows the coals white-hot
no impurities survive here
Abendego is my name
Every atom of my being
sings this fierce paean
I have lived to tell this tale
Douglas is my name
To my friends I beckon, come close
let the furnace protect you
To my foes I beckon, come close
The fire still burns
With the heat of a thousand suns.
MDW 1/95
