The necessary fire

What a man has to be
experience and face
the temperatures and the pressures
the tests of the fissures in his will

A shield he must be built around the heart
Armor must be nailed onto him
The world moulds too many of us
Where do we source the alloy to absorb the blows

Merciless, the confused masses set themselves up in rows to attack
The mindless anger that drives the people
The fire of the world burns and you are pushed further into the furnace
scratching the closing doors cannot help you

Let the heat overwhelm you
pound in your temples
and change you
be the flame as if it were your destiny

Eating up everything around you
the chaos the confusion and the provokers
When the pain and the flame are extinguished
there will be no mouth to explain bliss