Spirit
EarthAir
Water      Fire

       Fire.       

   As Fire lives within man
a powerful tool it makes
cleansing, to leave fertile land
it burns down the remains.

   As lava from the boiling Earth
we see a blazing stream,
yet on the ashes wil arise
fertile grounds again.

   A firestorm in human heart
anger into rage,
leaving emptiness and hurt
a burnt and charcoaled page.

   Where Fire is the warmth of life,
the heat of Summer's Sun,
it kindles with the flame of love
emotions, new begun.

   First flickering, then burning hot,
till smoldering as coal,
without the warming flame of love
no human heart is whole.

-Star*
-copyright Alban Eiler 2002