What makes a fire burn

is space between the logs,

a breathing space.

Too much of a good thing,

too many logs

packed in too tight

can douse the flames

almost as surely

as a pail of water would.So building fires

requires attention

to the spaces in between,

as much as to the wood. When we are able to build

open spaces

in the same way

we have learned

to pile on the

The man who cannot simply close his eyes knowing there is image after image far inside him, waiting quietly until night to rise all around him in the dark it’s all finished for him, he’s just like an old man.