a stonethrow into the endless abyss.

there's a fire burning without you and you don't know why. it was burning before you and in your lifetime it continues to burn. Someday, you are shown the fire and how it burns. You are told to keep it going no matter what. This voice instructing you leaves. You stare into the fire. You don't know who put it there, how long it will last, or even its purpose. But you do know that while the fire is still going, as it always has been, you must keep fueling it. If you let the fire die out, you are told it would be very, very bad.

You huff and grab timber, adding more and more to this fire that lives without you. Or is it within you? You cannot tell the difference and perhaps it doesn't even matter. Eventually you will die. You don't know how long this fire will last.