Sparks fly;
Jealousy and anger ignite the kindling
of mistrust and old hurt.
The flame is set.
It burns, hot and hungry
Destroying all in the blaze.
Happy memories - like burning photographs,
Seared away to less than nothing.
Beloved artefacts; once bright,
now smoke damaged;
are also thrown onto the pyre.
Until, at last,
Love lies in ashes.
Yet the fires of hatred burn on.