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A Dying Fire

A Tale Of An End

By Adam DiehlPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read
A Dying Fire
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash

hearts as gray as soot from a dead fire.

no smolder exists anymore.

tears fall upon old embers.

love laid upon a pyre.

we had built a bridge.

set it alight.

watched it burn

into

ash.

heartbreaksad poetry

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Adam Diehl

A father writing things I'd like to read. When I can find the time, that is.

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    Written by Adam Diehl