THE FIRE LAST TIME


We lost it all in the fire.


We worked so hard
to maintain the energy
the safety of numbers
of finance
or strength and security.


We spent years at the office
to protect the home.
We wasted years to build something concrete
something strong
something for the ages.

We struggled for so long
for something we believed in
and we lost it all
in the fire.


If we'd believed in something more real
would it have lasted?
Would we be better off?
We can't know
imagination is just another thing
we cannot afford.
Different paths mean nothing
when our feet are charred
are home is crisped
our lives are incinerated.


We had such hopes
such faith.
But we lost it
in the fire.

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