I removed my shoes when I heard your voice, and by bare feet I was led.
My blisters became my tether to you like the flickering flames overhead.
Back then you used my mother\'s voice and called my name, but I heard \"Asher\" instead,
and from that point I felt a boiling in my gut and when I spoke my throat glowed red.
My pastor told me to find you in my recovered memories, but I found silence instead,
and so as I tied my shoes I remembered something my father had once said,
\"A bush can only burn so long
A bush can only burn so long
A bush can only burn so long before that bush is dead.\"