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Hear My Flame (c) 2006 Kiki Williamson/Mark Witters Hear my flame one hundred years, The smoke  through generations rising. How many died unjustified to make your grand uprising? Hunting us through burning times For the challenge that we were. No authority could ever hold us or the power that we stirred.   Killing daughters, mothers, sisters, Moving on to husbands, brothers, sons With flame  you sought to cauterize your guilt To destroy us, every living one. (Refrain) Ah, hear my flame! Ah, year my flame. Driving us away from our homes To seek kinder ground in newer worlds. Grinding us beneath your godly heels With each obstruction that we hurled. Generations gone from touch In a drifting haze of sparks and pain. You never knew that they returned In every fall of rain. Kill me every time you find me, I'll return over and again. You cannot halt the thing I am With the strength of mortal men. (Refrain) I am Goddess, I am God I am the raw creation fire. My phoenix moments come at your expense On every muderous pyre. I rise and return with greater strength For the lessons that I've learned. It was only my imperfections that you ever burned. Burn me once again for fear, Let your ignorance tell its tale. But when I'm gone and darkness falls, Let no one hear you wail. (Refrain) For every choice you make there is a consequence to bear. For every movement, a pendulum swings the other way. For every life that is taken, another springs forth stronger. Remember this as you seek to destroy us. Remember the healing you sought from us. Remember the help you cried out for. Remember all these when you strike the flame once more. When we are gone, who will be the next to burn?