Living as I Dance
The Bonfire: a 5 Rhythms prose poem
The Bonfire: a 5 Rhythms prose poem

The Bonfire: a 5 Rhythms prose poem

5 Rhythms: Flowing; Staccato; Chaos; Lyrical; Stillness

The fire has been lit.

Small twigs at the centre

Kindle slowly.

Sparks shoot out

A dynamic display:

‘Beware, I am dangerous!’

Flames, red, yellow, blue,

Shoot exuberantly into the sky.

Chaotic frenzy.

With playful flickers

They subside, happily doing their own thing;

The occasional flare

Catches us by surprise.

Dying embers

Of a once blazing fire

Mirror the reflective calm

Of stillness