when the smoke clears

Friday

Feb062009

Friday, February 6, 2009 at 6:53PM

the eyes sting
the heart aches
everything is dirty
most of it destroyed
the body aches, lungs full
sooty blackened like the small
spotty segments of a wounded heart
playing with fire can be euphoric revelry
before the freezing cold bucket of water hits

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