From the embers

I'm not sure that this is going to make much sense, even to the very few people who will know the inspiration behind it, and if you don't, you're very unlikely to understand. When you start reading, you will quite quickly discover that this story is not, as it seems, about a fire, but something much deeper than that. There are things I've wanted to explain and talk about, but sometimes you just can't find the right words. But now I know I've got it right. I have a story, and this is the only way I know how to tell it