Rebranded

This morning at day break,
I still could see smoke
from a fire that burned far away;
The smoke from a fire that burned the entire north end of the state yesterday.

I took it all in through my eyes and my lungs; felt it scorch as it branded my heart.
Reminded of all I have minded to call mine
That never was mine from the start.

Instead, I was yours, I was yours all along. All I held once, now cinders and ash.
Did I take it to heart that in order to start sometimes day breaks
right through with a crash?

This morning, I swept up the embers I'd kept up too long. It was time to now trash.
I'll remember the story, from hazy a glory,
that once cauterized a dark gash.