Atonement in the Fire

A thimble full of joys
 is all that It will take,
  to carry me through a fire
   unto a new days wake

As Pandora's box was opened
 a curious creature looked within,
  her mother always warning
   that her downfall would be sin

But here within this moment
 of discovery past the veils,
  it was the killer of the cat
   that made this spirit fail

With no regrets in pockets
 I fill them up with hope,
  the love and gentle messages
   are the lifelines used to cope

When pain is carving his name
 in the marrow of my bones,
  a joy of the world fires me
   this mind turns to atone

Building with no blocks
 till loving hands assist,
  in glowing lights all over
   my will to live persists

And when I start to pale
 as I sometimes do,
  turn to look inside me
   and I open up the flue

Once the blaze is lit
 that no man can extinguish,
  a spirit sits beside me
   in time I'll not be vanquished

And reaching for the end
 singing peace to all my days,
  I will soldier on beside him
   beneath my wake does blaze