Ash

 Sitting here at this table 

My cigarette burning to ash 

As it hangs from my lips like hope 

About to fall into oblivion 

Aces up my sleeve 

Not wanting to believe 

You thought I’d come crawling back to you 

But I saunter in with a firmness 

That could crumble mountains to dust 

A tectonic shift in energies 

A real reversal of fortune 

These games with you just ain’t it 

They’re the reason my heart has to run 

Like a frightened horse 

Thundering in the opposite direction 

So simmer down 

And pucker up 

It’s bound to sting 

Buttercup 

This leaving a love that can’t sustain 

This walking away before the pain 

Treading against a lonely earth 

In search of the next new me 

As the wind blows life back into my lungs 

I’m struck by a glittering cloud of dust 

Choking away my human remains 

Tip my hat to it 

I’ll skip the wake 

Burial leads to rebirth 

How long did you think this phoenix could rest in your ash?

As you fall into my oblivion 

Contemplating what went wrong