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James (HVR)'s avatar

The ending there is among the best I've ever read. Seriously.

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Thank you so much, it means a lot 😭🫶 and thank you for the prompt!!! I had no idea fire would really awaken so much…

Cierra Angeline's avatar

This left me minorly devastated. Beautiful ❤️‍🔥

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Me too 😭❤️‍🩹 thank you so much!!

Antranette's avatar

beautiful 🔥

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Thank you so much! 🫶🫶

Brandi Lynn's avatar

That painful question of whether you were the fire that warmed people or the one that burned them down is a devastatingly honest way to look at how friendships fade over time ✨

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

I do feel I put a lot of honesty into this one. Some things hurt to reflect on! Thank you so much ❤️‍🩹

Olivia Johnson's avatar

So beautiful 👏

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Thank you so much 🥹🖤

Olivia Johnson's avatar

Of course 🖤 😊

Ashu's avatar

“was i the fire which engulfed everything i was supposed to keep warm?”

…that line hurts in the quietest way. ❤️‍🩹 nicely penned !

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Thank you so much ❤️‍🩹🖤

Jacob Fetzer's avatar

Did you know that every 🔥 has a 👻 in it?

https://youtube.com/shorts/4sG9FhwCBTo?si=aeUXsGZcobSLGB5N

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Omg this was fascinating 😮😮😮 ghosts in flames…. Someone should write a poem about that whole concept alone.

Thank you 🙏🫶

Jacob Fetzer's avatar

You can write it!

You do poems, right?

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Haha ok! Challenge accepted 😈 I will put it on my running list of poem ideas. Thanks!

Jacob Fetzer's avatar

No problem. Maybe I will be inspired at some point to write one too. I never really know when stuff is gonna start sprouting from my brain dirt.

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

DO ITTT!!!!

Brain dirt haha I like it

Wet Ink's avatar

You miss the person you were and that feeling... that was the fire. I can relate.

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

❤️‍🩹 exactly. Tough thing to relate to.

Thanks so much for reading. 🫶

Antonio Castellaneta's avatar

“not because i’m afraid of it,

but because i miss it.”

That shift hit hard.

This feels less like a poem about fire and more like a poem about the warmth time quietly takes away from us.

voidlight alchemy (em)'s avatar

Thank you, Antonio 🖤 that interpretation does feel accurate.