Ashes Remain

By I.M. Ulysses

Ashes remain
Of a love once true
Now burned up
In the fire's hue

Ashes alone
Rise up to Heaven
Into God’s throne
From where they are driven

Ashes smolder
As the fire gives out
Casting some heat
As they amount

Ashes consumed
On time's highway
Filling up
Eternity’s ways

Ashes abound
Where love was blessed
Consumed in anger
And foolishness

Ashes dispersed
By the Lord's command
Carried aloft
In the whirlwind's hand

Ashes forever
Of a love now gone
Destroyed by God
Because it was wrong

Ashes remain
Of what I felt
For a cold-hearted person
My love couldn't melt