Monday, March 12, 2018

after the fire

after the fire
we slowly picked up
the pieces that were left
of our lives in an attempt
to place it back together
but despite our best efforts
cracks still were visible
and what remained was
just a shadow of what
we once were


Photo by Stephen Bayer
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- Written for dVerse Quadrille #51 Let's Fire it Up

9 comments:

  1. I imagine a clay pot, cracked and broken - a metaphor for the love you just can't piece back together.

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  2. Like a volcano destroying everything in its path.

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  3. Oh, yes. I understand this, so well. So deeply sad.

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  4. I really understand this... the trick is to let the flames not die but calm into a slow warm glow...

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  5. This is deeply evocative. Sometimes the cracks can not be filled/repaired.

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  6. Sometimes the ashes are all we are left with....but hope is a spark to rekindle.

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