It was a pleasure to burn
standing over smoldering ash, watching
his face crisp on a glossy 4x6 print

I spit into a heap of blackened memories

I promised myself that this would be
the last piece of me
he would ever consume.
I swore to anyone who would listen, I was through with his twists and ties of lies.  

Yet, I was still tangled in
his grip; beset with spite, my mind muddled
through dark daydreams of revenge. A sudden flash
regained my consciousness as the barn’s worn wooden beam erupted into flames.

I knew I had to split
before I too, crisped into cinders.