Brushstrokes of love
Excursions of praise
Drenched with promises
— Demolished
— Doused
— Drowned
Lies don’t care
Words cut like flames
Touches erased
— Careless
— Carousing
— Careening
Wind-blown emptiness
Ashes swept bare
Concave ascension
— no fortitude
— no future
— no finess
Powerless submission
Destiny chasing
The ultimate plan
Who were you?
Travesty replies falsehood.
Cynde Puckett-Valenti 