Ashes

It is hard to come home if your driveway is on fire. You cannot pull your car in. You can't walk up to your home. You can't open the garage door. You simply must watch from the street until the fire is put out. You would not want to go into your home because it would not be safe. Hopefully, the fire dept. would arrive in time to stop further damage. Of course, after the fire is out you would park on the curb. You would not want to walk on the drive because your feet would be dirty, covered with soot. It would be too messy to bring that into your home. It would take some time before you could safely drive into your garage again. You would find yourself looking out the window making sure it wasn't on fire again. You would be uneasy for sometime. Of course everyone in the neighborhood would know and want the details. When marriages become messy the fire smolders for a while. Over time if crisis occur the fire gains strenght and ground. Without a willingness to work things out the fire overtakes the driveway to a home making it difficult and awkward to enter. Fire results from many things. Combustion, heat, friction, poor combination of products, dry conditions, invasion, irresponsible handling. Once the fire begins it is hard to stop. When put out there is damage already done. Neighbors know help was called for. They watch the smolder and smoke rise. It is tempting to leave and go somewhere else. It would be much easier to find another drive to enter. Less mess to walk through. Less hassle. No clean up work. Just pull up park and walk in. What about the little people still left inside? They watch from the smoky windows hoping to see car lights. They run to the door when noises are heard. They ask. Again and again. Now they walk through the grass and their shoes become wet. It will take a long time before the way will be paved. It will require work, money and time. With sweet faces wondering how long it will be. Could stepping stones be used while the grass is still wet?