it's been gone for a long time
the sparks weren't flying after just a few weeks
they lost their color, they waned and they blinked
and when they finally went out, you disregarded the ashes
you ignited the fragments till they burned again
but irregularly, yet
yet

you still stared gleefully at the flame,
then at me (your smile went away)
but then back at the flame,
because this gross fire was all you had left