Metaphors #1 a piece of cardboard catches in the middle of the pit. its edges burn, and its center folds and twitches. the flames lick and scorch its bottom side. its layers become bare, one by one. its once brown color has turned to black, red flames alive in its core. but in the end, it is ashes, small and weak, thinner than paper, falling to the earth and soaking in, becoming insignificant, becoming forgotten