Dust Poem by Michael Burch

Dust
by Michael R. Burch

Flame within flame,
we burned and burned relentlessly
till there was nothing left to be consumed.
Only ash remained, the smoke plumed
like a spirit leaving its corpse, and we
were left with only a name
ever common between us.
We had thought to love "eternally, "
but the wick sputtered, the candle swooned,
the flame subsided, the smoke ballooned,
and our commonest thought was: flee, flee, flee
the choking dust.

Keywords/Tags: love, relationships, divorce, parting, separation, loneliness, alienation, grief, sorrow, lost love, loss