As a child my brothers and I used to spend our summers on my grandparents’ alfalfa farm. One night we were outside playing and noticed a fire in the distance… a big fire. It turned out that one of the neighboring farms’ stacks of hay bales had caught on fire. Spontaneous combustion of hay is surprisingly common on farms and can cause severe damage, burning fields, homes, and barns.
Your prompt is SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
Hungry fire bright
Against a dark horizon
A year up in flames
Moisture, continued plant respiration, fungus, and bacteria can heat up the tightly packed hay from the inside, creating a flammable gas that ignites at temperatures above 130ºF. Once the burning bales start to fall apart, the fire is exposed to oxygen, which only increases the severity of the fire.
When he first kissed me
Spontaneous combustion
Fired up my cold heart ⁴❤️
I burn in protest
at the ordinariness -
my life that won't burn