all the anger
gave way to
something much
softer, as it
goes, even the
hottest of fires
eventually tires
itself out
sifting through the
ash, my palms
discovered that
the best of you
survived, memory a
salient scrape
and i thought of
telling you, calling you
up to say the love
outlasted the anguish,
but i let the
intention loose
we are not those
boys anymore,
building and
breaking apart in
coffee shops, they are
long since gone
michael king 