tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499891065072717867.post6406258593720281865..comments2023-05-08T07:38:59.519-04:00Comments on Margotruminates: Saturday morning at campmargot connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08766774360717208064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499891065072717867.post-76256032065281024142011-12-10T16:31:26.854-05:002011-12-10T16:31:26.854-05:00Wow...great poem!Wow...great poem!margot connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08766774360717208064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499891065072717867.post-27713211884146040792011-12-10T11:14:14.295-05:002011-12-10T11:14:14.295-05:00Fire
What makes a fire burn
is space between the...Fire<br /> <br />What makes a fire burn<br />is space between the logs,<br />a breathing space.<br />Too much of a good thing,<br />too many logs<br />packed in too tight<br />can douse the flames<br />almost as surely<br />as a pail of water would.<br />So building fires<br />requires attention<br />to the spaces in between,<br />as much as to the wood.<br /><br />When we are able to build<br />open spaces <br />in the same way<br />we have learned<br />to pile on the logs,<br />then we can come to see how<br />it is fuel, and absence of the fuel<br />together, that make fire possible.<br /><br />We only need to lay a log<br />lightly from time to time.<br />A fire <br />grows<br />simply because the space is there,<br />with openings <br />in which the flame<br />that knows just how it wants to burn <br />can find its way.<br /><br />~ Judy Brown ~Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562531297547218413noreply@blogger.com