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Wildfire


One whispered breath

would extinguish the flames

of this wildfire,

burning hotter

and higher

with each piece of kindling

you add to it yourself.

 

You will be consumed,

even though someone else

lit the match

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Rita L. Sev

I am a middle school ELA teacher in Philadelphia. I love words, and enjoy reading and writing poems on a variety of topics.

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