aflame

I saw the sun coming up this morning. A plane was making a temporary comet in the sky, too.



The windows of a sunrise-facing house were catching all that brilliance. And suddenly, the house was aflame--ignited by sunlight. The windows melted; everything within burned clean away--only the thinnest shell remained by the time the sun had cleared the tree line.



It's a risk, when you build your house facing east. It's why they tell you not to look at the rising sun, too. Otherwise, the same might hap...