Playing with Fire

Most ancient rite and ritual of our race – Passing millennia cannot numb its spell. Billions before, yet each instance sends Shockwaves echoing through heaven and through hell. Rings alone cannot bind; words alone cannot freeze The fates of hearts together for all time, Nor contain the primordial force That adds new forms to the eternal rhyme. It seems controlled – but be not fooled – No custom can cage the garden’s call That creates beyond the players’ power New destinies that shall fly or fall. Tradition guides you through the day, But silence swoops in that same night, When you are left to learn to play A game for two by firelight. Rules forgotten. Control forsaken. You have let the spark awaken. And none can tell you where you’ll go- Lit by fire’s flick’ring glow … 2024-12-18 finished (started Dec 16)