2008 Birthday Drabbles
Imhiriel's 2008 Birthday Presents: 4. Forged In Fire
Forged in fire and flame, deep in the volcano's heart. He takes me into His hand, onto His finger ...
We are together.
Cold metal sunders us; colder waters. For long ages I lie in bitter streams; bereft, abandoned; until one comes who might take me back.
He is useless, skulking in darkness. Abandoning him, I seek another, and another - until I can feel Him near at hand. I draw closer, back to the furnace of my birth, so close ...
Heat engulfs me, too fierce. Without Him to temper it, I cannot endure. Too hot, too hot, too ...
