Ashes

 

 

Ashes cover my feet as I shuffle through

What remains of a once happy home

All around me lay the remnants of what used to be

Memories of what once was, but now is lost forever

Gone are the nights of overflowing love

And the days filled with laughter

These cold unfeeling ashes fill my days as

Anger and confusion join me now each night

Somewhere in this mess lay the answers I seek

Answers of what happened to you and me

I know that these ashes will reveal the clues

That my love blinded eyes missed through the years

Clues to how our life once filled with fiery passion

Fizzled into this pile of ashes

 

Reviews

[lindsay]

This is really great. I can connect with the this poem very much. I too wrote about a poem about ashes and flames relating it to a loss. Well done!

[Jennifer Marie Theresa ..]

I feel such a pull to this poem because it feels as if I'm reading about something I went through. I am completely mesmerized.

[cquig]

Damn that's good!!!! I've been writing since I was 5 and you continue to amaze me! Knock it off. Just kidding. Seeing as California is on fire right now, it made me feel the poem even more!