From the Ashes…
The ashes of their devastation
Swirl around them,
Dark and impenetrable…
The stench of burning flesh
Fill the night
Charred bones stare vacantly
What once had been life
Now lay scattered, cold and dying.
“Free at last from the horrors”
She thinks…
For a moment shackles of what had been
Tie her to him in an uncanny way,
Glimpses of joy and laughter
Of the past bind her.
Caught in a web of compassion
She looks at him,
A star that had once been
Now burnt and fallen,
And sheds a tear…
The world of make belief that was once
Lay shattered around them
Lies, deceit and blame
No longer hold the power
To bleed her…
They lay helpless, torn and twisted.
“Why” she cries out to the swirling darkness?
Silence greets her as she stands alone
Amongst the ravaged rubble.
The carnage of two lives
That had raged and ranted
Has finally died…
Picking up what is left of her soul
She takes one last look at him,
A star that had once been
Now burnt and fallen
And sheds a tear…
The road to another lonely journey
Calls out to her
She has no choice but to
Follow this strife laden new path
To ride storms yet to come.
Broken but not without spirit
She sighs as she trudges
Towards the unknown, the perilous
Holding the innocent hand of her flesh
She braces to face the strife and turmoil of life.
“Help me God” the shattered pieces of her heart
Cry out to the dark sky
The winds carry her prayer
She holds her innocent one close to her.
Remembering him once more,
A star that had once been
Now burnt and fallen,
She sheds a tear…
