fire fire fire.

almost the same as water, fire can be compared to life in many instances.
each piece of wood is burning so fiercely, and eventually begins to flicker, and after that breaks into coals which turn to ash. after the ashes of the fire are cold, they are scattered by the wind to nourish the new and growing.

burning with life, then the fire dies down, it runs out of fuel and slowly settles to the ground,
and just dies, quietly in its sleep. some though don't go out quietly at all do they, they go out in a bang of color and noise, they explode with super heated sap, or they get a bucket of water dumped on them.

well, life burns you sometimes