I = energy.

What is it for a human to be without breath, but choked and death. T'which the same is held true for that of dancing energy of heat and light. Fire both sways and explodes as it's energy is fed with oxygen and other combustibles, typically because the human wills it so. The potential of this energy can be capped to ensure that it is a private matter, even safely harbored in the homes souls rest their body's bones. The potential can also be left to do as it pleases, scorching mother earth and her growths, cities, and given enough carelessness a nation or two. Fire is humankind and vice versa. You awoke with a passion ablaze in both heart and mind, and you can cap it if you choose. The story of the phoenix was made because a bird on fire in painting is both majestical and intriguing, yet the phoenix is what comes when you realize that the energy is your being : Hot, undying, waiting for only a small convenient gift so that you can take off, much like Icarus toward the sun. Maybe you'll see if your passion burns brighter, maybe you'll be sent back down in defeat....to try again.