Set A Fire

I am known for being… impulsive.
It is not often, but when I have had enough… out come the matches and that bridge, door, house, village is getting toasty.

Fire = anger.

We are taught to swallow anger. To ignore normal, healthy emotions because others find them to be difficult.  When someone displays human behaviour, it is “impulsive”. Fire is anger but it can also be boundaries, an escape, clarity, and transformation.

My role as a firestarter has given me the strength to leave home when I was being tormented. I had the flameblower in hand when I cut ties with abusive boyfriends and when I pressed charges on a stalker.

Bonfires are not always necessary. Sometimes just burning journals from year to year is enough to end chapters that I will never read again. Reinvention via flame and tiny prayers muttered under my breath do the job too.

Fire is not always destruction. Sometimes it is freedom. I was not raised with gentleness and I lack depth perception. Yes, a part of me does fear: “What if I burn what I love?”