the sun rose
so brightly over
a moribund swell
gently caressing
the cancerous
growths seeking
a momentary reprieve
from the rapid
inundation of
ignoble agonies
saturating the
ground soil into
a bog of derelict
disillusionments

the rot has found
purchase in the
striated musculature
of fading heartblossoms
wilting the petals
until a certainty
of bewilderment hangs
in a disintegration
of warbling loss

i sit blinded
by the golden light
incapable of seeing
anything but the
shadows of everything
i ever wanted as
they crumble to
blow across the
brown fields lit
by summer’s kiss
seeking to catch ashes
in trembling hands
as the world burns
to cinders with each
tentative step toward
a home that never existed