<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399576" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The guardian of the flames</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Always there have been<br>something holy to me, <br>about flames<br>that comes alive suddenly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s a great thing<br>to see flames spread<br>and to see yellow licking tongs, <br>consume wood<br>and to get heat, energy<br>and comfort from it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At a time human existence<br>surely depended on<br>keeping the secret<br>of flames<br>and to make sure, <br>that the last glowing coals<br>do not die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was a child, <br>my brother and me<br>almost burnt a hillock<br>and some residences down<br>by misadventure.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The more I tried to kill<br>the small fire, <br>that I started in the long brown winter grass, <br>the more the fire spread.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s a fact that my behind<br>also burnt on that occasion<br>from a hiding<br>with a old fan belt<br>and I learned quickly, <br>what the power of fire is<br>and how to act responsibly with matches.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tonight I am the guardian of the flames<br>at the fireplace in the lounge<br>and I take care of the hot coals<br>and have to put wood on<br>before the fire dies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=399576" data-title="The guardian of the flames de Gert Strydom" data-description="Always there have been something holy to me, about flames that comes alive suddenly. It’s a great thing to see flames spread and to see yellow licking tongs, consume wood and to get heat, energy and comfort from it. At a time human existence..."></div> </div> </div>

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