Conflagration

I breathe and wish that
the air
wasn't filled with a
thousand ashen yesterdays
that float aimlessly 
lost.
I taste their bitter end and
know they can never
be put together again - memories
ever so fragile, before they're blown
into
tomorrow's fires where
I feel their
helplessness...
I know, without reason,
that the flames,
will never die
because they are
perpetually fed by

what I fear...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:54 AM
Dear craigsz, this is so heartfelt and i think many can resonate too with these emotions you’ve expressed in such a poetic and evocative manner, which you always do in your poems, i always find something that stirs the soul in such a way that would leave an everlasting impression. I absolutely love the lines “ I know, without reason, that the flames, will never die because they are perpetually fed by what I fear...“ fear often gets in the way of so many things, and its never easy to let go when the air we breathe reeks of ashen yesterdays. Well expressed and delivered: thank you for sharing. Congratulations on your win
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November 16, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Craig clever way of associating the wasted time lost in your life with, " thousands of ashen yesterdays that float aimlessly lost." fearing continuing in wasting time and bad memories resurfacing and fearing to continue doing. Thanks for sharing...
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