Oil Fever

One day they light you up like fire
and say "You give a certain fuel"
Like beauty raging
Oil burning on the water
Take the scene below the depths
and say,
You give, only an inch of your life
and that's what they take
but do they ever
know your clear blue soul?
Why do they only want
A height of insignifigance
marked down against the tides

One day they light you up like fire
and then the next,
you're killing birds