Wednesday Haiku

Greetings. I will be leaving town tomorrow morning so I thought I would post the Wednesday Haiku this afternoon. I understand the theme is "flame". Here ya go.

I stared into flames

Until I saw nothing but

The cosmos’ first spark

It flared through my soul

Burning all but trace remnants

Of clay and scarred earth

Bits and pieces, shards

Of creation’s first fumbling

Skeletal and dry

Yet deep within the

Cavernous darkness a trace

Of moisture remained

Which defied the flames

And slowly seeped upward towards

Heat’s flickering threat

Defiant and bold

Quenching the thirst of ages

Until it engulfed

The ravenous flame

Now the glowing residue

domesticated