Fire

Have you ever lit a candle just to watch it burn?

Blow it out just to see it die?

To watch the ember slowly lose its glow,

And light it all over again.

So easy,

Such a small life,

We can give or take.

It's scary to think that a persons life is like a flame,

So easy to give but even easier to take.

Have you ever ran your hand through the flame just to feel the flame even if it stings for a moment?

Can you feel it as a solid and not just a ball of heat?

Can you feel the life that you could take with just one of your own breaths?

So fragile yet could burn down everything in a matter of minutes.

Like a human,

Such a fragile life yet could change the world in one instant.

Have you ever blew the flame out and watched as the embers still glow

Still fighting for life but of course never succeeding?

A man may never want to die but eventually the time will come when that little ember just has to stop glowing at let go,

Even if someone else blew it out.