today I started
sifting through the ashes
and lifting through the forest
floor
I sat, lonely and stared
while the birds all fluttered about the air
the bugs all scurried about the leaves
and the gods above
didn't care

or couldn't care less
because they knew that
the world was created
for our two souls
to breathe
and it was an obstacle
to test

luckily

fate was still
alive
and kicking down below

twisting the outcome