Look to the Horizon

Black night when souls
Fall beyond the horizon
Chains crash like dark waves
Against the shore
Birds, pecking on glass
Glass breaking
Flesh torn
Pierced through to the heart
Is this the sound of war?
The sound of sorrow?
Hot tears like desert rain
Taking life back to where it came
Human dust fills the air
Life is futile
Time consists of silence
The living weep
All in vain…

©AnitaDawes2022