Fire

Fire.
One of the most patient substance in existence.
Burning for hours, days on end,
to consume a single object.
Given the right circumstances,
The fire will consume all in its path.
Not hesitating to swallow up that which stands it its way.
The smallest of things can cause this great destroyer
To unleash its wrath on the lands.
Smoldering coals loom inside us all.
Requiring only a small gust of wind,
To burst into life.
Again obliterating all that oppose its fury.
These fires, emotions, must be handled
With the utmost delicacy.
As even the slightest mishandle,
Will send it out iof control,
Unable to be controlled again.