Embers

Sparkling conversation,

tinkling laughter,

comfortable silences,

now a deafening quiet.

Eyes, once ablaze with passion,

fuelled by desire,

became cold with hatred.

Lips meeting, tongues mating.

Today a peck on the cheek,

cursory and polite.

Fingers no longer leave burning trails,

setting skin on fire.

Icicle-like, they freeze the blood.

Bodies came together

fervently igniting sparks,

tonight, fully clothed, back to back,

the glacier between insurmountable.

At what point did our love die?