At the pyre burns a fire

Tinged with gold

Lingering specs of an empire

Emboldened and folded to ash upon ash

But the fire still burns

It sets flame to sky and shows itself

In irises watching in awe

Drawing closer to be burned too

You see the spectacle of it all

The cycle of destruction

Enamored, shocked

You want to be vaporized

To burn larger and stronger

To become a spectacle to those who look

You see fire and want to become it

The artist, the athlete, the entrepreneur

You want to build an empire

To start a fire

And consume yourself to never stop

To be obsessed with what’s next

To take your knowledge as fuel

You saw fire burn in a humans eyes

And realized you desired to burn too