The Unbearable Lightness of Fire by [REDACTED] Her flames lick the seasoned wood of last year's holly tree cut down to make more room and tunneled under to make more light. Her smoke floats and slips between the branches seeking to escape to send signals to the world about her fate. But still she sits trapped caged in rings of stone Fed, yes, always fed but poked and prodded pushed and shoved. And then the feedings end. She withers, shrinks Until she goes quietly into that good night Nothing left to burn against the dying of the light.
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