
Silhouettes and shadows
in slow moving pictures
we march towards the gallows
while clutching our scriptures
people will gather
to scream at the sun
starving and crimpled
blinded and stunned
bone barren creek beds
eyelids that blister
the sun blasted souls
of our brothers and sisters
drowning in browning
awash in the heat
we try to rise-up
but we’re stuck
to our seats
Empty grain silos
bellow in sorrow
yesterday’s gone
and so is tomorrow
black acid raindrops
clover in chains
red sun burnt babies
painted in pain
Deep-fried personas
both masons and millers
chewing on earwigs
and burnt caterpillars
trees beg for water
dead deer in the field
a skin-and-bone future
Earth’s fate is now sealed
Plenty of warnings
ignored by the masses
dancing in dust bowls
and blue greenhouse gasses
the sea starts to boil
the wind turns to fire
we gasp and we rasp
before we expire
Extremely evocative. I enjoyed this piece and was hit with the sombre reality of the world we have ruined.
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Thanks for the kind words, Jade!
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