Art by  jaysenmeerkat

Galener's enjoying a fire in the cold Aussie winter time. Having an enjoyment of fire and creating fire is one of the few things to bring joy in my recent dark times. Fire is calming to me. It has the power of destruction, but also cleansing as you watch things burn away. The last almost two months have been very hard for me, but getting to be lighting some fires is relaxing in a way. I can get out of my mind, stop thinking and just watch as my troubles burn away. If only it was that easy XD
I had a letter I had been writing for about 8 months which I won't get into here, it's not something I want to discuss but I want to mention it in this way here, which I 'finished' in a way. Although it'll never serve its purpose, I felt relief in a way in setting it on fire. Cleansing my mind of it so it would no longer sit on my desk as a reminder to something long gone. Although it's sad to mention it here, it really took a load off my mind once I saw the words I had worked on go up in flames and bring peace.

Fire brings light to the darkness and brings warmth to the cold. It is both powerful and fragile at the same time and its beauty is calming to watch. Sitting down by the fire, watching the flames dance and the embers sparkle as the sun begins to set. While the night is cold, the fire gives you a warm embrace to combat the cold dark winters night. It's great when it burns warm and bright, giving you light to see in the dark, but sadly, all good things come to an end. The only constant is that the darkness is there ready to engulf you in it's cold, dark blanket. All light fades in time. We just have to hope to carry on and bring new light to guide us through before we get lost in the darkness.

This was a wonderful picture done by  jaysenmeerkat
I love how this turned out. It's very calming but brings me a lot of emotion because I do feel like I'm there, by the fire as I hold off the darkness in my life. I know that's not what the picture was meant to be about and more just because I love playing with fire and have been lighting fires since it's winter time but it reflects on other stuff I have been doing with the fire and mentioned above. I sorta got a bit carried away with writing as I got caught up in the emotions XD

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