Fire

Ravenous beast
Searching for a victim,
Destroying everything in sight.
Some things melt in fear,
Others are slowly devoured by the flames.
Flames that stretch forth from the beast
Like octopus tentacles,
Wrap around the victim,
And consume it mercilessly.

Its tendrils crawl along,
Encircling its prey with a challenge.
Then it launches,
Like a mountain lion,
And with a crackle and a sizzle
Its fuel fizzles away
And for a moment
The creature is satisfied.

But its unquenchable thirst soon resurfaces.
Returning to its most dangerous state,
It moves on,
Searching for its next victim,
And never looks back.
Fire