Ashes

Residual heat

from these dying embers

wasn’t enough for you.

Suddenly,

out of the blue,

a great breath you blew

upon them to spew,

and now here I stew

unable to fathom

why, and the way

of dousing this flame

along with the rest.

Total

intent to stay cool

in the eager inferno

of your unfairness;

an unshakable rule.

Must confess my way

out of this mess

and admit my own fuel..

I played along,

Yes,

my heart smudged out

on a wrinkled sleeve

from choked gray ashes

of what I used to believe.