fire

a blazing fire
with flames that dance around wood
laughing as they lick our cold faces
and we watch
as the ever changing embers ignite
and burst
into a thousand black fireflies
who fly near the fire until they die
but then they are reborn from the flames
as long as the fire keeps burning

cold

i touch the floor
it is cold
i touch my face
it is colder
but when i reach into my heart
it is frozen
and needs to thaw