Sonnet 23: The Fire Keeper

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Wood slowly chars as the fire crackles;

This dying flame kept alive by all means,

It hisses at me, unending cackles;

Biting the hand that feeds, this fire seems:

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Blindly I forage in the dark forest,

Feeling for anything thing that can sustain;

The fire of which I must keep nourished.

For if it goes out, myself I will blame:

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As I stoke ashen logs, all look the same,

A golden lick singes my dirtied hand;

Why do I preserve this beautiful flame,

When this pit belongs to another man?

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Sticks and stones may break bones but with fire,

You will light your own funeral pyre.

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