DANCING FLAMES FED BY AIR
FLASH FLARE AND FIGHT TWIST AROUND EACH GLARE
TO SPARKLE THEN BURN THROUGH THEIR LOG LAIR
CRACKLING AND SPARKLING IN A VOICE TO ALL
BEWARE IF YOU STAY HERE FOR TOO LONG
YOUR FRAME IT WILL OVERHEAT
SCARRING SKIN IT COULD DISSOLVE
VOLCANIC RED LAYS BENEATH THE CHARRED REMAINS
TO WARM THE HEARTH BELOW YOUR FEET
MESMERISED TO STARE AT ITS FLOURISHING DISPLAY
MEMORIES EVOKED SCENES PLAYED OUT
IN A BACKDROP OF FIERY GLOW
GRADUALLY THE WOOD CHARS THEN DISAPPEARS
LEAVING GLOWING BLACK EMBERS THE DEVIL'S TEARS
FIRE FOR WARMTH LIGHT TO HEAT FOOD
A TINY PART OF THE SUN SPREAD UPON A GRATE
LAID OUT BEFORE YOU TO MAKE MERRY THE ROOM
WARMING YOUR HEART LIFTING MOOD
LULLED INTO A PEACEFUL MUCH NEEDED SNOOZE
FIERCE AND DANGEROUS THIS ELEMENT
WITHOUT WHICH MANKIND COULD NOT SURVIVE
IT IS THE HONEY THAT WARMS OUR HIVES
A JOY TO HAVE TO GATHER BY SOMETIMES TO REPENT
WHERE STORIES AND SECRETS BELIED AND SHARED
ASSURANCE OF OUR LOVED ONES ALWAYS CARED
Copyright Natasha Anne Kelleher
30th AUGUST 2020
Not to be copied reproduced printed performed or broadcast without the
writer's specific written permission.
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