I am the Fire

I will start as harmless and humble heat,
And mature to make you shriek and cry,
As I feast on your life from face to feet,
And let you live lastingly long until you die.

I may grow to sweep all life forms on my way,
And leave behind me scenes of death and decay.
But I know I shall die one daunting day,
Because you and nature shall kill me anyway.

MiKe