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Fires By: Orson Scott Card. There are those who follow fires, to put them out, or celebrate them, to save people from them, to see flames dance, to feel heat, to hear the roar of power, to watch tall things crumble, to see bright things blacken into ash.
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Fires By: Orson Scott Card There are those who follow fires,to put them out, or celebrate them,to save people from them,to see flames dance, to feel heat,to hear the roar of power,to watch tall things crumble,to see bright things blacken into ash. There are those who set firesto cook food in the wildernessor in an oven or on a stove,or harden pottery in a kiln,to get rid of leaves or block a brushfire,to collect insurance by fraud,to hide crimes, to get even, or to kill. There are those who with their words and handswaken bright fires that sleep in human hearts,the warmth of comfort to the grieving,the heat of shame at sins seen clear,the flickering of knowledge long forgotten,the lamp of vision in the dark of life,the fire that melts and purifies the soul. OFather, source of light,kindle me, refine me, so mychildren can find me in the night.