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title:	"A spark"
date:	2018-09-27
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  ![](/img/1*ellvvARbfEzEiKBCwvI7_g.jpeg)Photo by [Jarl Schmidt](https://unsplash.com/photos/WxEI0pKND_Q?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/embers?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)A spark

*a million volts*

*for a split second*

If the spark lands just right

*it kindles a tiny flame*

Hot but flickering

Should you gentle cradle this flame

*unafraid of being burned*

It will resist when it would be doused

If you feed this flame

*it will grow explosively into a fire*

A conflagration that consumes and ignites

Should you survive the fire as it dies

*you will be left with smouldering embers*

Quieter and less ostentatious than the heartbeat spark, the jittering flame, the rumbling fire

Discreetly white hot

*a star core pouring lightness into the world*