L. K. Thayer - Only Ashes

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

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