Sometimes I see myself sitting near a small fire
A fire that is another person
Animal
Or just some other living thing.
A fire that I feed
By pulling something from inside myself that is inexhaustible
And feeding it to the fire
That other person
Other life form
To nurture it
To keep it burning
As I
Reach my hands out
Warming myself
My heart
All that I am
With the warmth of that fire
That other person
Other life form
With the energy that flows between us
back and forth
Both of us giving
Both of us flames in our own ways to ourselves
And Others.