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The Magic of Fire

December 16, 2009
By hyperactivemayfly PLATINUM, Arlington Heights, Illinois
hyperactivemayfly PLATINUM, Arlington Heights, Illinois
29 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Un ange frappe a ma porte
Est-ce que je le laisse entrer
Ce n'est pas toujours ma faute
Si les choses sont cassées
Le diable frappe a ma porte
Il demande a me parler
Il y a en moi toujours l'autre
Attiré par le danger"


Why?
Why am I drawn to it?
Is it the light-
The warmth-
The promise
Of change it holds?
This- it is like nothing else.
I can create it,
Mold it,
But not control it.
Eventually, it becomes its own
Entity.
Beyond my power to restrain,
Gleefully devouring everything
In its path.
The sheer
Destructive
Force-
It kindles something
Within me.
My own wish, aspiration, dream-
To burn
Burn
And burn,
Cleanse the impurities
And fill everything with those
Flickering flames.
Start over,
A Phoenix
From the ashes.
It is never the same,
Always changing
A mesmerizing
Metamorphosis
Of life and death.
So why am I drawn to it?
This warmth,
This light,
This promise-
Of life of old
And life of new-
At once a constant
And a variable.
This magic-
Of Fire.


The author's comments:
I wrote this after an intense discussion in reading.

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on Mar. 29 2010 at 6:01 am
hyperactivemayfly PLATINUM, Arlington Heights, Illinois
29 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Un ange frappe a ma porte
Est-ce que je le laisse entrer
Ce n'est pas toujours ma faute
Si les choses sont cassées
Le diable frappe a ma porte
Il demande a me parler
Il y a en moi toujours l'autre
Attiré par le danger"

yeah, there were no available pics of fire when i posted it, so i had to settle or lightning. i'm still sad about it though. but thanks for the compliment! (yeah, that lightning thing was totally unrelated but i figured i should put it out there)

on Mar. 21 2010 at 2:02 pm
StandardToaster PLATINUM, Pasadena, California
20 articles 0 photos 209 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy ever minute of it."

this is really meaningful, i love it!!!

HPGGMRAR GOLD said...
on Mar. 15 2010 at 8:17 pm
HPGGMRAR GOLD, Kennesaw, Georgia
14 articles 6 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I musn't forget I'm alive."
Ray Bradbury (Dandelion Wine)

Wow. This is so cool... I mean hot?

How ever you describe the best poem about fire I've ever read... You seem to have a knack for this element thing :) )(Then again, I've only read "Raindrops" and this...)

Great!