The ashes are here to replace  
the raged fire,
once ignited by a thousand wishes
upon a thousand stars.
A heart in flames
at the drop of a dream,
a soul woken up
by hope’s scorching heat -
the waning daylight to burn holes
through the blanket
wrapped around my skin.
Upon its final declaration
comes the dark side of the moon,
now complete in its desolation
in the absence of a single flame.