#27

I set blaze to it

Watched my past turn to amber

Crinkled corners so familiar

Coals pop and sizzle

Fiery bits rising to the sky

I watch with adoring eyes

Anew

My soul cleansed

Wiping ash and soot

from a refreshed face

Peering upon a barren landscape

White canvas

awaits the first brushstroke

I am eager

But hesitant

Unwilling to scribble a future past

before basking in unknown

All I’ve known

Simply road beneath my feet

Sneakers burning away pavement

Smoldering bits of memory

Fire in eyes,

Soul

To become far more

than bits of coal

I leave behind dust

Racing towards uncertainty