Firelight

by The Wild Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

Find the match in the kitchen drawer. Invite no grand metaphor yet. Remember how quickly one spark travels. Even a candle asks for careful hands. Leave room around what gives you warmth. In the grate, old branches loosen. Gather close, but do not call flame harmless. Heat can comfort and still require respect. Tonight we watch until the embers settle.
60 words · 9 lines · Acrostic
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