Poetry course word prompts: burning,
burning papers, rubbish, bonfires, burning leaves, letters, the past.
Burning red
Burning leaves crackle out,
crimson-red to sienna flaking,
tears disintegrating mid-air.
We borrow, but we can’t find.
Tender is the tinder blossom,
not waiting for spring to flower.
Words greet the sky mutely,
only read and never spoken.
An impermanent statement
flames into a broken promise.
It’s nothing now. It floats free.
Scant memories taken by the wind.
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, February 16, 2021
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