Told In The Firelight

She never wrote it down in ink
Just let the silence make me think
A look, a pause, the way she stirred
A history deeper than a word

He told me once with just a glance
That some mistakes still earned their chance
And as the flames danced on his skin
The past spoke soft and settled in

No books, no tapes, just breath and flame
That's how the soul remembers names

It was told in the firelight
Not loud, not clear, but always right
The kind of truth you feel, not see
Passed like a secret into me
I may forget the face, the fight
But I'll remember what burned that night
It was told in the firelight

There's a power in a pause between
The words we say and what we mean
A story folded in the hands
Of those who never made demands

Not all the wisdom wears a crown
Sometimes it's smoke, just hanging down

It was told in the firelight
Not loud, not clear, but always right
The kind of truth you feel, not see
Passed like a secret into me
I may forget the face, the fight
But I'll remember what burned that night
It was told in the firelight

Let the candles crack and spill
Let the words be soft and still
Even ash remembers flame
Even silence holds a name

It was told in the firelight
In every hush, in every rite
The kind of truth that doesn't fade
The kind no book could ever say
I'll carry it beyond tonight
Every story, spark, and rite
It was told in the firelight