Verbal Tinder - July 30, 2000

As I sit outside,
I watch the flickering flame
consume the pages
carefully,
devouring the words
like a hunger unchecked.

I continue to tear
each word -
like tinder
feeding it 
to the demons
that burn inside
as surely 
as the flame
without.

The blazing warmth
does nothing
to assuage
the coldness
within.

-title by KS

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