I see the flames crash
rising and shaking and shimmering
and showing me
the endless destructive
creative force
that it can be

and embers
that had released their energy
had given less intelligent men than me
the power to truly overcome
all the things they had done

and in that destructive force
there is the creative too
and I see with more purpose now
what fire means to me

It has allowed me to sustain my life
in places inhospitable
but only in name
for with this powerful force
I’m freed of course
to destroy, create,
to warm and illuminate

So I’ll take a steady flame
and onward go
with the knowledge
that warmth is available