Flames lilt in the pyre
cold flesh meets blazing logs
only ashes settle in the aftermath –
reeking of wood….only wood.

Bonds that made a whole ‘we’
lay weakened and threatened
one part frozen here
when the other has moved on

No hand to hold mine
no feet besides my leaden ones
only a life still alive
only a mind that still remembers

Fervent oaths of together forever
reduced to blasphemy in one tiny moment
broken promises of a shared past
betrayed dreams of a future that would unite us further
lie today on your grave…..
mutated in petals, crushed and wilted
while I free your soul from every vow
that you took but broke
when you exited this orbit
to walk alone on the other side of horizon .