the days
disrupted
rapt inside
the erstwhile pulse
whence we arose
such consciousness
a precious efflorescing
since diminsihed.
circumstance would spurn thy youth
entrenched
amid fires treacherous
to find the way
back to that haunted home
was never understood.
witness
to the underworld
with eyes wide open
wits awry,
a newfound war
always awaiting.
patron
of a faded state
whose silence did obscure its wrath.
bounded
to a coil’s collapse
when crimson cries
were heard
by none
underneath
the arbor
where the argent gentrified the sun
stoic stead
of readied armor
now retired
of static wrest.
rest
among thy fallen brethren
lost
’til we yet meet
again
