It is extremely dangerous to ask me to write about flames, as I have very few positive things to say about them. Let’s look at the categories of flames :

You get those which burn, torture and kill, like wildfire flames. They only leave devastation behind them. I intensely hate this kind, they make me sick. Really sick.

Then you get lovely to look at flames, safely contained like in the fireplace photo prompt for this week. They can’t get to you to hurt you. They are safe behind a barrier and you keep your distance if you know what is good for you. You watch out for sparks jumping…

Then you get those which only scorch, like ‘old flames’ who have hurt you, but you have recovered from the hurt, and still wonder sometimes about what could have been. You wish them well.

Then you get the cold ones like the ‘old flames’ who leave you cold. Those whom you don’t care about, whether they live or die. Those who hurt you too much and burned away a part of you in the process. You most probably don’t wish them well. To the contrary…

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