cinders and ashes.
the charred remains of
a novel construction
razed
to the earth.

5 years.
the longest days.
and for a moment
it was all worth it.
and yet the infernal descent
consumed it all.
the brilliance of the flame.
blinding, blistering
smothering smoke

no one knows how long
it burned.
a week?
2 days?
yet who can forget
the scorch of the blaze.
the fury of that demonic flame.

and that
would be all there is left for me.
a fistful of memories
and
cinders and ashes.