It's a peculiar thing...
Fire
It can represent many of heart's emotions
Rage, passion, survival, heat
Embers turned to flame
with just one ignited match
Fire can also be completely diminished
Embers grow cold
Or the rain comes
In an attempt to squelch
The last flames of a fire burning lowly
Some fires are dangerous
Spreading uncontrollably
like a wildfire amongst innocent trees
merely bystanders in an unlucky trick of fate
Some trees are barely ten feet
when they're forcibly engulfed
In a ring of fire.
Such a shame is the day
When you realize that fire
has burned you forever
You may not have died,
but you always live with those scars.
Jan 29, 2022
Jan 29, 2022 at 10:55 PM UTC
It's a peculiar thing...
Fire
It can represent many of heart's emotions
Rage, passion, survival, heat
Embers turned to flame
with just one ignited match
Fire can also be completely diminished
Embers grow cold
Or the rain comes
In an attempt to squelch
The last flames of a fire burning lowly
Some fires are dangerous
Spreading uncontrollably
like a wildfire amongst innocent trees
merely bystanders in an unlucky trick of fate
Some trees are barely ten feet
when they're forcibly engulfed
In a ring of fire.
Such a shame is the day
When you realize that fire
has burned you forever
You may not have died,
but you always live with those scars.
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