match after match, firestarter after firestarter finding its way into the barrel – searching furtively not for the flames that come so easily, but for glowing coals – white hot intensity serving as a catalyst for change – power poised to render the pile to smoke and heat and flame over the coming hours – heat lingering for days after feeding has ceased – erupting again with the smallest of provocations – energy dwindling slowly towards ambience, dormancy, extinction
words on the page
dreams in the mind
wanting for more