Burning Loss

Fire

A huge wave

Of red and orange

That consumes the place 

And causes everything to change

Change

It's the only constant of life

He remembers it from somewhere 

A line is spoken by someone he loved

And cherished and cared

Loved

It stings to use past tense

For now, that person shall never return

Like the gash on his forearm

The loss burns

Burn

The fire inside him dies out

He has no will to fight

The life that burned in him

Now extinguishes with no light

Light

Is what she was

A contrast to his darkness

White to black

Now succumbing to nothingness

Nothing

He has nothing anymore

House, Family, belongings

The fire ate it all

He can't help laughing 

Laughing

In his hopeless situation

He lost both his wife and child 

But now thinking back 

He can't help but smile

Smile

Ten years ago

They met when their building was ablaze

Now he was losing her

In similar ways

Way

The way this world works

Surprises him

But for now, he will let

His tears get the better of him