2023

Hosny Salah - Pixabay

A rumble of terror
on the horizon,

A fluttering of fear
in the air,

A foreboding,
looming
sense of doom,

A dread of loss
of what never was,

A colossal outburst
of molten rage,

A drumbeat
of faith and fear
at war,

A shuffling retreat
of peace
in defeat,

 

A crackling meltdown
of hope
in its own embers,

 

A littering of life
gasping for death
under the debris.

A year dies out
smothered
in its own ashes.

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