the ashes of a timelong lostrise within me,fill themselves in me,trap me in their embrace,choke me, encircle mein a tornado of burned-outfeelings.the vestigesof a momentfar outlivedmake me cry, make me laugh,and attempt to stealwhat fire I have.the relicsof an agenow extinctpush against meand I ache with fear, with panicalthough I don't know why.the remnantsof an instantthreaten touse me up,to burn me out,to suffocate me,until the feeling is-gone-and I feel lost without it.