Only Ashes Poem by L. K. Thayer

Only Ashes

Rating: ★5.0


now
in the still
lonely heartfelt beat
of the moment

your memory
visits
like a taste
I once craved
but can't quite
recall

the burning
ember
charred

only ashes
remain
unswept

as I pretend
to forget
you

L. K. Thayer
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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Mary Gordley 09 January 2008

Very nicely done with concise thought poetically dispensed

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John Nightingale 09 January 2008

Lovely poem. Thanks.

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Bill Smith 09 January 2008

this is good, liked it smiffy

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