You Weigh my Strength to Fight

Why do you weigh my strength to fight

From the lines on my back? 

 

Why do you test the pitch of my voice 

From my muteness? 

 

Why do you test the strength of my arms 

From my loose fists? 

 

Why do you test the extremes of my pain 

From the depth of my wounds? 

 

Friend! 

Don't test the fire of volcano 

From its silence 

 

From the equanimity of a sea,

Don't test its tempest 

 

If you test the strength of this spark,

Your world will 

Burn to ashes.