I threw her ashes to the wind
But they blew back in my face
Is she trying to tell me something
A history between us I cannot erase
She lived too fast for her own good
Now I’m the one who has to act tough
Still in death she wants control
Though buried deep, not deep enough
She chased the wind and who knows what
Speed produced her ultimate high
Petal to the metal was her creed
It was her pie in the sky
Wish I could have been more assertive
And played the role of a real man
Instead I let her take the lead
I was but a pawn at her command
I threw her ashes onto an endless highway
Not thinking she would ever come back
But like the wind her ashes followed me
Wanting to keep me on the right track
What is left when what you loved is gone
I know misery will forever be my twin
She made sure of that
When she asked me to throw her ashes to the wind
Like a boomerang her ashes return
Burying me in a cloud of doubt
Will I have to live in her chosen graveyard
Until the last of my days run out
Alfred Ramos
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ashes-in-the-wind-3/
