Father Fire

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Father fire, above your head I see the

Vague, misty dubiety of everything,

Till, burn, kill, churn- the ocean yields the fruit

Of the stirrer's soul; like water not stone

Is the way the forces flow forever

Father fire, winter-foe, summer bringer,

I see in you and from you- the way the wasps

Gather around with a peculiar peace

Like a party of weary travellers

Sat amid a dark forest in hopes that

Father fire would keep the wolves at bay

But death is a hound far greater than hope.

~Ajay
4/6/18

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