Camp Fire lyrics

Staring into the brilliant embers

Only an occasional flicker of flame

The intensity of orange and pink

And white and black define depth

The night is dense black infinite

Only the glowing of coals break it

An island of light, and a silhouette

Solitary staring into space afire

A world so close, yet so very distant

Waves of light ripple in the heat

Only occasional wisps of smoke go

And find their way upon the breeze

Cracks break the silence prevailing

Embers that escape the glowing heap

Their ventures short, a grey demise

Such pure beauty is brief, burning

A camp fire defines a presence

That man is near in tenuous control

A force that is close kept and feared

Its warmth felt true, but n'er caressed

The greyed ashen heap that stays

Seems to betray the wonder living

When its time of brilliance is done

Darkness descends, and cinders die