The fire has a
suggestion to whisper.
Not too close.
The heat is a message,
a warning.
The deep seed
is change.
Watered,
it steams.
Fueled,
it dreams.
The tongue
licks logs
to tell them
thank you for
your woulds.
The future,
fire says,
is always
crawling
toward the sun,
away from
the core.