Combustion

What fascinates me
about fire
is not the licking
yellow-orange flame
but ignition,
the phosphorous
sulfide burst
of a struck match head
or the extremely rare
dry leaf
under a sunbeam
magnified
by a dew drop.


copyright © 2020 Kenneth P. Gurney

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