angry
fire
burns
from
careless
spark of
offense
which
touches off
flammable
pride’s fuel
and
emotionally
charred
words are
stirred
until
warmest
relationship
is reduced
to ashes
why
not
hold
love’s
only
extinguisher
(forgiveness
under
pressure)
and douse
arson’s
conflagration
before
it’s
too
late?
Sarah’s chosen theme for quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets is “ashes to ashes”… check out the link!
a poem in my pocket 
Oct 20, 2021 @ 05:06:13
This is incredibly potent! 💝 I like the idea of forgiveness being love’s only extinguisher 🙂
Oct 20, 2021 @ 08:13:53
Thank you, Sanaa ☺️
Oct 19, 2021 @ 14:00:31
I think we must… like the fast-paced formating.
Oct 19, 2021 @ 09:32:40
Difficult but necessary. (K)
Oct 19, 2021 @ 05:43:04
I like the way your format makes the reader move along quickly–and great use of metaphor. Why not indeed?
Oct 19, 2021 @ 13:15:23
I’m glad you liked it, Merril!
Oct 19, 2021 @ 14:18:16
I did!
Oct 19, 2021 @ 05:18:20
This is a minor details, but I loved this –
because ‘charred’ sounds like ‘charged’ without itself being the more common of the two words in that particular context. This was delightful, Lynn.
❤
David
Oct 19, 2021 @ 13:16:35
I’m so glad you noticed that nuance, David 🙂
Oct 19, 2021 @ 04:41:51
This sounds like the best course of action in these circumstances!
Oct 19, 2021 @ 13:16:53
Thanks, Ingrid!