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the FIRE that surrounds us all

June 27, 2014
By AddieLayne SILVER, Knoxville, Tennessee
AddieLayne SILVER, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Why wait on the world to change when you can change the world?


Fire in the sky, fire in the world, fire in my heart.
All I see around me is its orange glow, hot to the touch. Feeling afraid
Of what the world has made
And what it has come to be.
What will it take for us to be set free?

Fire surrounds us all, whether we know it or not.
Watch out for its burning rope, it's dangerously hot.

Despair surrounds us all;
Make sure to look before you fall.
Maybe it's in the fire,
The fire that surrounds us all:
In the sky and the world, and buried in our hearts.

To extinguish its fiery wrath would mean to banish all hatred in the world,
So what are we waiting for?


The author's comments:
The fire that surrounds us all usually isn't noticed until it explodes into orange and yellow sparks. We wait around it like a ticking time bomb until it's too late. I hope this piece encourages people to take control before it's too late to extinguish the fire in their lives.

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on Jul. 13 2014 at 5:55 pm
AddieLayne SILVER, Knoxville, Tennessee
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Why wait on the world to change when you can change the world?

Thanks everyone for reading my work!