Remains

Don’t try to find somebody to blame,
pick up the pieces of yesterdays, though
only smoldering rubble will remain.

You have no one to admire. What a shame
you haven’t forgiven those you know.
Don’t try to find somebody to blame.

Attempt to use a forklift or a crane
to haul the baggage, which you cannot show:
Only smoldering rubble will remain.

Stop trying to impress her without a name
of your own. Take care, and leave slow:
Don’t try to find somebody to blame.

Hurry! Move through the town with no restrain,
you are never going to learn to let go:
Only smoldering rubble will remain.

Disregard everything that you could claim
as your own, and look in the mirror, so
don’t try to find somebody to blame,
only smoldering rubble will remain.

---Megan Wyatt