If I Don’t Burn

If I don’t burn, how will I shine a light?

Will I fade, falter, flicker, fail and die?

How will I find a way across the night?

 

If I, despondent, lose the will to fight

Or carry on halfhearted, fighting shy

Then, burning dim, how will I shine a light?

 

If I am dulled and lose my appetite

And lose as well the wherewithal to try

How will I find a way across the night?

 

If I despair of seeing the sky grow bright,

Not noticing the new day dawn is nigh,

Then, growing cold, how will I shine a light?

 

If I pretend that everything’s alright

If, smiling outward, inwardly I cry

How will I find a way across the night?

 

If I won’t speak, won’t tell you of my plight,

Won’t tell you how my world has gone awry

And will not let you share your warmth and light

How will I find a way across the night?

 

 

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