Bonfires

Negativity 
Fear and doubt
Or any emotion
We could do without 

Insecurity
Cruelty 
Pain
Throw them all on
They're no match for the flames

We'll take turns
We'll both throw on sticks

Plus plastic preconceptions 
We'll laugh as they drip

We'll build it high
Like a steaple 
We have a responsibility 
To add fuel to the arsonists easel 

Watch the flames feverishly lick
While we sit back...

A beer we'll sip

Alive in the moment 
The cheeks of our faces hot
Awe inspiring, mesmerising 
It makes me jump when it loudly crackles and pops 

It shoots sparks upwards 
They rise on the hot air 
My neck cranes back as I continue to stare

The embers rise
Until they have a beautiful backdrop of stars
Drifting in the night sky with Jupiter, 
Venus and Mars

Our bodies are cleansed 
Our minds are reset
Sometimes you must remember...
Remember to forget  

Forget about tomorrow
Or whatever the cool morning transpires... 

From now on all that matters
Is you and I...

You and I and bonfires