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Fire Eats up the night Biting the hand that feeds it Twisting and withering Dancing and cackling A source of heat and light When the sun moves on Whispering Singing an unheard melody Enticing the cold To enjoy its warmth Frightening the creatures of the night When they approach this new sensation Darkness runs to every corner To avoid it Devouring flesh, wood, And anything else caught in its path Wicked, cruel, painful Beautiful, mesmerizing, enticing "Come share my warmth," it sings "Rest your tired feet and aching body, "Soothe your mind and feed your hungry belly, "For it has not had a good meal in weeks" A singer of beautiful songs A melodious sonnet A pathfinder Joining souls Some fear fire and run Others tame it Letting it run up their arms, bare chest And crawl into their mouth Then spitting out tongues of flames Playing with it Encouraging it to bite A source of entertainment and pleasure Burning and choking with intoxicating fumes Laughing at the trapped and helpless It slowly and painfully takes away lives "Feed me! I'm hungry!" it cries as it dies away It mourns when it is not wanted And rejoices when needed Keeping your body warm on the coldest of nights Gives your whereabouts away to your enemy Treacherous Beautiful Cruel Hypnotizing
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Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM UTC
Fire
Fire Eats up the night Biting the hand that feeds it Twisting and withering Dancing and cackling A source of heat and light When the sun moves on Whispering Singing an unheard melody Enticing the cold To enjoy its warmth Frightening the creatures of the night When they approach this new sensation Darkness runs to every corner To avoid it Devouring flesh, wood, And anything else caught in its path Wicked, cruel, painful Beautiful, mesmerizing, enticing "Come share my warmth," it sings "Rest your tired feet and aching body, "Soothe your mind and feed your hungry belly, "For it has not had a good meal in weeks" A singer of beautiful songs A melodious sonnet A pathfinder Joining souls Some fear fire and run Others tame it Letting it run up their arms, bare chest And crawl into their mouth Then spitting out tongues of flames Playing with it Encouraging it to bite A source of entertainment and pleasure Burning and choking with intoxicating fumes Laughing at the trapped and helpless It slowly and painfully takes away lives "Feed me! I'm hungry!" it cries as it dies away It mourns when it is not wanted And rejoices when needed Keeping your body warm on the coldest of nights Gives your whereabouts away to your enemy Treacherous Beautiful Cruel Hypnotizing
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carissa-dickey
American
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM UTC
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