The Captive
Unfortunately, sometimes, the chaff of smoke emanating from the outbursts of the symbol of destruction, damaging enough to leave your lungs in a perfect jalopy.
Fire. Destroying yet Refining. Sharpening yet Abridging. Certainly fascinating to watch it burn objects in the twinkle of an eye but equally crushing if you submit yourself to be that object.
Parents often told her kids not to play with fire, but since fire is such a powerful insignia, almost as powerful as water, the words, "don't play with fire" had transformed into a proverbial expression as well. Just like a man would tell his sweetheart, "you are the air that I breathe."