Life Is Fire

A balloon burst, the air is not lost;
The house collapsed, the space is not lost.
Air and space can stand without bodies.
The life force is not like air or space.

Life and body are integrated
And exist as fire and fuel do.
Life manifests itself in organisms
And does not escape in their decay.

No fire without matter.
No life without matter.
Fire can be created.
Life can be extended.