Rage

Working with fire.

If you want to start a fire
Safely,

It should be started 
On the ground
Surrounded by sturdy stones.

Best to get your coals
Burning steadily,

Rather than the 
Quick bursts of flame
That starve once they’ve 
Taken all the air.

With a steady fire
You can cook
Food to be shared.

Or watch the ancestors dance
In the flames.

Feed it 
Watch it.
Respect it.

Let it warm you.

And when you no longer 
Need its warmth.

Give it back to the earth.