Title: Stars and Sparks
Fandom: Original, Silmarillion
Challenge: Spark
Other prompt: Elements
Rating: G
Length: 142 words in 5 verses
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Zhie, Morgynleri & Runa for encouragement & sanity-checking.
Summary: Where does it all go?

Where do the stars and the silences go
When the sun rises in fire
Why does the thistledown fly like the snow
What makes the song rise e'er higher?

Where do the sparks and the speaking out go
When the storm douses the fire
Why do the ash clouds under-lit glow
What makes the smoke rise e'er higher?

Where do the waves and the wanderers go
When sea-wrack rouses the fire
Why does the foam fly when no winds blow
What makes the salt-spume rise higher?

Where do the ferns and the fireflies go
When the the stones crack in the fire
Why does the dust billow choking and slow
What makes the mountains climb higher?

Gone to the Aether, gone to the West
Gone to the red, secret Fire
Gone to the Shadow, passing the test
Warding the world with desire.