Glimmer

Walk into the fire
Into flames that singe
Leap and lick
Eager to consume

Into that flaming core of rage
In that blaze, melt down
Melt with the heat
And flow down

Changing form and self
Molten liquid hotter than flame
Taking on a new form
A new shape, life anew

Out of the furnace
Glimmer now
No trace of rust
Shimmering glow

Years of disuse
Patina of age
Cleansed by fire
Emerge unscathed

Hard metal now
Solid steel core
Take me on
I’m game

Will never crack
Whatever the blow
Been through fire
That makes me strong