The Tamer

for Damian Orion.

You burn with godly fire and holy zeal

Incinerating darkness in your wake

You flow like water; deep, and cold as steel

You howl as you crush evil ‘neath your heel

And push the boundaries outward ’til they break

You burn with godly fire and holy zeal

You love like love’s the only thing that’s real

Your tender touch alive with pity’s ache

You flow like water; deep, and cold as steel

You pounce, your voice a playful battle squeal

And laugh so hard your knees begin to shake

You burn with godly fire and holy zeal

You stoop to smell the fragrant white pinwheels

Delighting in the bumblebees and snakes

You flow like water; deep, and cold as steel

Your ebb and flow will give you power to heal

And embers, an inferno made to take

You burn with godly fire and holy zeal

Your flow like water; deep, and cold and steel