edge of flames

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when a blaze is untamed

it can change color randomly

I am on the edge of flames.



heat clings to shadows



they bake and crack with enchantment



to become shades of violet

and surface blues

than eclipsing reds

inventive brilliance



see into the inferno

where smoke combines with distant specks of

far away



wait for it to split open

and crumble then scatter.



Now I am here.



I am in this place

of ashen wooden ruins and howling spirits.



inside worshipped waves of fire

others try to extinguish me



they swell over my charred remains



I rock and crackle



everyone opens their eyes wide

no matter how hard they tried

None succeeds in putting out the flames.

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This is an outstanding poem

This is an outstanding poem by someone I consider a great writer.