Kindling & Firewood

Every picture of you, every picture of me

Kindling & firewood

Like a million men before me I thought I could hold on to the Past

Maybe bring it back some other day

This time make it last

Sorting out boxes in the garage

 Full of the detritus of you & I

All of it blurred like a desert mirage

Kindling & firewood

Every single reminder of a collapsed romance

Every single proclamation of eternal devotion

All just kindling & firewood

Picture frames laser-inscribed with

Love Is Eternal

The smiling faces on the pictures within

Thrown into the inferno

The cards & letters, notes & hopes

Stop to read a few emotional verses

Then shove the folded papers back into the envelopes

Every picture of you, every picture of me

Kindling & firewood

A cold hard feeling creates a craving for heat

Sitting around the pit on the patio

Pulling little stuffed animals from a box

To fuel the flames that create a comforting glow

There is a maudlin sense of relief

Watching those little pieces of film curl

As the past turns into ash

Kindling & firewood

Every single reminder of a collapsed romance

Every single proclamation of eternal devotion

All just kindling & firewood

Every picture of you, every picture of me
Kindling & firewood