One of the four elements*,
This is the fuel of passion
And keeps one warm in winter,
Or broils one in summer.

It hangs up in the sky
As pinpricks of light to us,
And bubbles way down below.

In Greek myth Prometheus
Gave this gift to all mankind.

It has been greatly misused
By brothers versus brothers.

But it also has been put
To multitudes of good use—
To warm the poor and needy
Who have naught for a shelter,
And also for those brothers
Hurt in battle far from home.

-Anne B. Caitlin

(*four elements--a reference to when people thought there were four main elements in nature-- earth, fire, water, and air--with a fifth element jokingly being cheese.)