ASHES

The setting sun sent rays of fire

like honed spokes into the guts

of her belly

reminding her by its stinging aura

where she had been and

where she was going.

The unblunted pain reminded her

of the rash decisions she had made

of her blowout punches and the mortals

whose lives she had destroyed.

The torrents of agony would dissipate

for the evening like the lamp of sol

plunging below the horizon

but the pangs of misery

would resurface once again in the morning

as she began spewing her inferno

in jagged spikes taking aim

at the blazing sunrises she had been dealt

forever kindling

the searing flames which continued

to flicker and arouse the animosity

buried within her ashes.