By the Fire
Sitting by the fire
It pops and crackles
Snapping like a crispy cracker
Except louder
Each crackle
And pop makes my heart stop
Makes me want to burst into flames
A burning pain
In my soul
That I rarely show
Or reveal
Even to myself
A bubbling burn
Lessons to be learned
But what?
Rational thought escapes me
As the smoke rises
To the sky
To hover high above
The place I sit and fume
A fume less odor
Burdens to shoulder
As I get older
But I let them burn
And I let them rise
Higher then heavens skies
Sitting by the fire
As life
Transpires
Before me
©Jennifer David 2013
Writings of a Mrs 
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Surely, who could not be inspired by the fire, within or without? Take a minute, friends, and come warm your minds By the Fire.
Thank you for the reblog Sahm. I appreciate it. I love your lead in. Very clever!
🙂
Poignant.
Thank you so much Lynne. I appreciate it.
I love the use of fire or any of the four elements in poems. Some may say its cliche but I say its classic. You have received an award! Go here for details: http://magicalmegan28.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/super-sweet-award-for-sweet-blogs-bloggers/
I definitely find elemental use classic. I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the award! I appreciate it.
Congrats on your nomination as well.
Amazing Jen. The fire at the beginning made the later part impactful. (:
Thank you Jim. There’s just something about fire..
seriously. (:
A fire burns inside us all the time. It does not allow us to stop, gives us the reason to keep fighting for what hasn’t been achieved yet. A wonderful poem 🙂
It indeed does.
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to share them.
Welcome to my blog. 🙂
A story wonderfully told! I just love how the imagery has been used… the fire, the smoke, the sky. Beautiful.
Thank you so much. 🙂
I like to make my poems tangible if that makes any sense at all 🙂
And there is just something about a roaring fire..