Putting Out Fires

Sometimes the flames crowd
The distant horizons as though
The sunset is scorching the Earth
With her dazzling brilliance
Consuming the hills and the forests
Surrounding in every direction.
Little to do, when the fires lose their mercy,
But stand back and watch
As they dance in the dark.
Hoping they stay at a tolerable distance
Lest we are caught in her horrible rage.
Ready to run as she grows ever closer,
Feeling the brush of her heat on my cheeks,
Praying the Heavens to open their bounty
And drown her passion with torrents of rain.
Standing and staring transfixed
On her beauty. Longing to know her
In intimate ways, yet fearing her fury
That grows ever stronger.
Torn by emotions... Lost in a daze,
A groundswell of longings that grows ever higher.
Do I become one with, or put out the fire.

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