Volcanic

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it took roughly 15 minutes for the ash to kill the inhabitants of Pompeii.

For you, all it took was 3 words.

3 words to ignite my trust into flame, burning the bridge at both ends until it fizzled in the middle.

3 words to smoke out my heart, filling it with fumes until it pumped nothing but embers through my veins.

3 words to engulf my future in cloud of darkness, once able to see a life ahead, now losing sight of what’s right in front of me.

3 words to cremate my dreams right there on the spot, into a pile of cinders that I’ll wake up in alone.

Vesuvius’s eruption was 172 decibels.

Our eruption was a whispered “This isn’t working.”