Challenge
Personify Fire
I find myself giving insubstantial things (like the night and darkness) a life of their own as though they were living breathing entities, making them into thinking and planning beings with desires and intentions of their own. So for this challenge, let's bring FIRE to life.
Write a brief description (prose or poetry) describing FIRE that makes the flame behave like it has a desire or a goal that it is actively trying to accomplish. An example might be to describe how a ground fire burning a path towards the forest craves to reach the dry straw and leaves, etc...
The fire can be any fire - a forest fire, a candle flame, a lighter, a bonfire, etc. I imagine they all have different motives for burning :)
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A Moth’s Love Letter to Candlelight
Dearest flicker of light dancing upon a melting pedestal,
My wings of dust and gray yearn for yours of heat and yellow.
I know I can’t get much closer to you, a deadly spectacle
But nevertheless, I continue to fly by and say hello.
I am but a night-dwelling bug
and you a chemical phenomenon.
And I am simple-minded to give you this hug
I will cease to exist, burning with you, from here on.