zoli

Afternoon Poetry by Zoli

"Fire"

Would it be easier for us to just forget?
To pretend we never felt the butterflies fluttering in our stomachs..
Each day I feel like you are letting go of a part of us
Like a house slowly catching fire..
Starting with the curtains and onto the furniture
And when it's over you see the remainders of what once stood erect
Now lifeless and nonexistant
Would it be easier to explain
If it all went up in flames?
I'm sure my fuel to the fire helped in the path of destruction
But I didn't realize everything would be reduced to rubble so soon
In my eyes nothing is forever gone..
Everything can be rebuilt..
Sometimes you have to start with a pile of cinders, clear the mess, and start over
And one day.. before you know it.. Will stand a structure even more beautiful than what was remembered in the beginning
But without help... nothing can rebuild itself
We have to be in this together..
Until then I will stand alone and sift through the ashes